No Words. Poem by Kelsey Gallant

No words.
While everyone else moves on, they cry.
While everyone else lives on, they died.
You can't replace
You can't re-write time
This innocence
Is gone forever
They will never get it back
And those who are lost
Why, just why?
It's just not okay.
Just not okay
They will never forget
While the rest of the world will eventually move on,
They will NEVER forget
Nightmares will haunt them and follow them forever.
And it's just not okay
You can't understand or explain evil.
CHILDREN
Should be innocent
And free
And not have to worry about serious issues
CHILDREN
Should feel safe in their own school
Should feel safe wherever they are
CHILDREN are CHILDREN
And these children will never be children again
Growing up too fast
Not okay
And the heartbreak, the pain, the sadness
Why would you do it?
Why?
Bigger than a tragedy
They're too young
It's not okay
And twenty-seven innocents are lost forever
And hundreds of children have become adults in shortened time
And hundreds of parents will sit and worry now, forever
Waiting for another tragedy
And the holes will never fill
And families will be broken forever
And it's just not okay
And forever the children will be afraid
And forever the parents will worry, wonder, cry
Just WHY
And meanwhile, people are moving on with their lives
Other people, from what seems like a different universe
Have heard of the tragedy, prayed and cried
But after a while,
They go on
Shopping and schooling and working and driving
And living like before
But one community
Will NEVER move on.
Will always be afraid and sad and angry
Too sad for words
So unexpected
It was a normal day
And then it broke
And life was never normal again
And never will be as long as they live
They will always be living in a nightmare
Until that nightmare becomes reality
But even then
They will never forget
They will always be traumatized
They will always be missing someone
It's just not okay
And while terror was taking place
We were living life
We heard, we cried, complained and prayed
But also laughed and worked and embraced
It wasn't real to us.
It was SO real to them
And so is the absence
They will never be whole again
God, be with them
You're the only one who can
Nobody will ever understand
And I know Your heart is crying bigger tears than any of us
Wrap Your loving arms around them
And fill them with your peace
And help them through the heartache that will never ever go away
No words.