Spare Me

Participated in the nationwide walk out today and thought of this.

Someone whispered,

"Lights out!"

Here,

Sitting,

"Don't shout!",

Scared,

Plea,

"Spare,

Me!"

Author's Note

My school was in a lockdown last year after someone called the police and threatened to shoot and bomb our school. We sat in the dark wondering if the worst could really happen, but luckily it didn't. A lot of students were left traumatized afterwards though since every sound coming from outside the classroom terrified us and it was dark and there were police and bomb squads everywhere. A lot of people, including myself, couldn't show up to school the next day due to fear and we all needed time to relax after such an intense day. To think that it has actually happened in other schools however, makes every lockdown drill even more terrifying and sad. It's a time where most of us tend to stay quiet and after last year, there has been much less fooling around. It's something that we take closer to heart now that we know what it's like to experience it for ourselves and all I can say is that it is very scary and it's not something that should ever happen again.