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chibi_dragon
Member
since 2000-07-04
Posts 58


0 posted 2000-07-31 01:17 PM


Well, this is my first post at Open Poetry. Hope you like it!!
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We couldn't believe it,
it happened so fast.
The guns were shooting,
shooting now so past.

Terror reigned,
on that fateful day.
We ran through hallways,
waiting for terror to go away.

Many were injured,
few were dead.
So in the newspaper,
that we read.

The panic reigned,
throughout that school.
And on that day,
our sense of security.
Had flown away.

I heard the shot ring,
through the air.
And I was thinking,
why isn't life fair?

Why do we suffer,
this human pain?
I hope that something,
like this would,
never happen again.
____________________________

"Tell my girls that I love them."
the last words of Columbine dead.

--Chibi Dragon

© Copyright 2000 chibi_dragon - All Rights Reserved
Nate Dogg
Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658
Georgia, Fulton
1 posted 2000-07-31 06:05 PM


Chibi, welcome to Passions and I have to say that this piece is very good. Your mention of this horrible event was thoughtful and well-expressed. I'm going to  look forward to more pieces from you as I'm curious to what you're going to come out with next.

Thanks for sharing,
                   Nate

Nathan

linda munday
Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 315
Adelaide, Australia
2 posted 2000-07-31 09:12 PM


It must have been a truly horrific ordeal for all those people to go through.
And you have captured a piece of that fateful day here.
Write more ... I look forward to seeing them.
I saw your empathy in this... thank you.
Linda M.

Butterflies_dont_cry
Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733
Michigan
3 posted 2000-07-31 10:11 PM


Welcome to Open   You captured the feeling of this tragedy within you words.  I look forward to many more from you~
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