Columbine Remembered Poem by Danny Speicher

The alarm clock rings
Another day starts
Sleep fills her eyes
But, joy fills her heart
No fear was present
When she left home that day
She was still in study
When the bullets were sprayed
They never expected
The pain on that day
They never predicted
The price they would pay
They died as victors
Alive within glory
They died as heroes
Proclaiming a story
Still they live on
The doors flew open
Announcing their reign
How could no one have seen
Their hurt, their pain
We stand here mourning
A year to the day
And still is their memory
And it will, forever, stay
They died as victors
Alive within glory
They died as heroes
Proclaiming a story
Still they live on
Their lives weren't in vain
Their faces aren't gone for good
Their stories encourage us through pain
And our courage is found in their blood
They still live on

((April 20th,2000))