The Day Our Hearts Went Still Poem by Leria Hawkins

Today our hearts went still
We went completely numb
Knowing we've still to face
The pain that's yet to come
When nothing can console us
For who can find the sense
In something so horrendous
When it's all beyond defense
The angels now have gathered
To take the children home
On a path that leads to heaven
Onward they have flown
And we will wake tomorrow
A knife still in our breast
We'll mourn the little children
As we lay them down to rest

We whisper thoughts and prayers
For those who've yet to breathe
To stunned and shocked and shattered
Too numb as yet to grieve
A nation comes together
Hand in hand we pray
To understand the atrocity
That takes our breath away
There's so much useless violence
Our streets are paved in red
And the epitome of our innocence
Lays silent among the dead
We're bathed in fear and horror
For what the future holds
When children become the victims
Of a world that's grown too cold

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