Never Again

This is a delayed tribute...

Never again will I see your smile. The smile that crosses your face when your happy. Never again will I see your tears. The ones that streaked down your face as one of your best friends called my name, holding you. I was down the hall. Untouched by harm. I was sitting in a closet as those who were not so fortunate got slaughtered, like you. My very own twin. Your teacher didn't pick you up, hold you close. She didn't save you. Even those who I have sat beside in class for so long now lay dead on the floor. Never again will I wonder what it would be like if you were gone, because now you are. I should have been careful, told you that I loved you, hugged instead of fought. I should have but I didn't. Instead, I'll be forced to wonder what it would feel like. Were you scared for me? What were you thinking? I'll be forced to think about the fact that I would lay dead beside you if I hadn't requested that we be in separate classrooms. As I sat in the closet, I wondered what you were seeing. Were the shots I heard being fired at you? Were they even in your class? One kid sitting next to me cried, he wouldn't stop. Never again will I call you names or sit beside you. Never will I think of how mean you are, or how much I hate you. The thoughts of hate killed you, and in turn, I guess you could blame it on me. I'm sorry that I'll never again speak to you, or laugh with you, or anything. Never again because I took advantage of the thought that I would see you again. Never, ever, again.

Author's Note

To the siblings of the victims of the Connecticut shooting. I don't know if there even was a set of twins, but since I'm a twin I decided to write it that way. I love my twin, even more now...

Reviews

[Mir]

This is so unbelievably sad:'( I don't have a twin, but I do have siblings. I don't know what I'd do without them. All those little children, excited to learn, excited for christmas, taken away. Their innoncence was taken away, whether the lived or not.
You had really good images to be placed in the readers head.
"Never again because I took advantage of the thought that I would see you again." This is a really great message. Great job!

[Phillitup]

That particular part is what my mom says when we fight.."you only have each other."

[Mir]

My mom says that as well!

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Wow. This was really deep and powerful, and extremely sad.. But this really makes you think. This makes me appreciate my brother more than I ever have before.. Just the thought of losing him and what life would be without him.. Wow. This brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely beautiful job with this, Dell.

[Phillitup]

Thanks

[Aly Jones]

Oh my gosh. I started tearing up at this piece. I have a younger sister, and when I heard about all the young children that had been slaughtered, my thoughts went to her and how I could've lost her just as easily.

You really captured the emotions of what most people at Connecticut are feeling right now. (Scratch that, the country.)

You have magnificent talent, and you really captured me with your words. It really takes some skill to put yourself in someone else's shoes like you have, something that only a few of us can do without first-hand experience.

Great job. :,)

[Phillitup]

I'm glad I was able to capture as well as conjure emotions...thanks for all the compliments and your review.

[Aly Jones]

You're welcome. :)

[de_maruf]

ok

[Coyote Poetry]

A sad story. The incident in Connecticut made all of us think. We need to appreciate family. The poor families of the teachers and children will hurt forever. Thank you for sharing the story. Family is very important.
Coyote

[Pax]

oh... I didn't know you have a twin.. that's so cool...
for the story its a nice ..
Never again because I took advantage of the thought that I would see you again.
~i see we can never stop our thoughts upon thinking something dark... but we can prevent it from happening in real life...

[Phillitup]

thanks for the review...

[Pax]

oh i forgot... its a great dedication... and your most welcome my freind.

[Dinali Sathma]

Its heart breaking ... a good job in bring up the emotions

[C.C. Marx]

Great job, to be honest the whole ordeal breaks my heart

[Salar Majak]

awwwwwwwww this is, ok i can't find a word to discribe that, you left me speachless. all these kids that died!,you have discribed thisvery well, nice job