Cruel

A Poem by Silent Wolf

To raise awareness.

April 20th, 1999.
They were sitting there, doing their class work,
When the gunman came in to columbine high school.
They didn't do anything wrong, they died innocent.
And they watched their friends and peers die with them.

July 20th, 2012.
They sat in the dark, watching "The Dark Knight Rises."
When the guman came into the aurora theatre.
They didn't do anything wrong, they died innocent.
And they watched family and friends die with them.

December 14th, 2012.
They were so young, sitting doing their schoolwork.
When the gunman came into sandy hook elementary school.
They didn't do anything wrong, they died young and innocent.
And they watched their friends and peers die with them.

September 7th, 2013
And I'm sitting here wondering in the dark,
Where will the gunman attack next?
They didn't do anything wrong, they died innocent.
And we watched our friends and peers and strangers die.

© 2013 Silent Wolf

Author's Note

So, if you didn't know, there have been three major shootings that I know of in Colorado, and I wanted to just kind of put them out there for people to know. I am honestly wondering, who are gunmen planning on attacking next?

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Missphit

We just had a shooting here in Spring,TX right outside of Houston at a middle school which scares me to death because I have 6 children, 5 of which are still in school. I remember all of the incidents you wrote about vividly and it saddens me. What has the world come to?
We all need the reminders, no matter how heart wrenching they may be.
Gone but not forgotten.