December 14, 2012.- The following poem is in homage to the twenty children who were massacred today in Newtown, Connecticut.
Twenty Candles Snuffed
Twenty children went to school
On this December day,
Their eyes a-gleam with eagerness
To learn. To laugh. To play.
Twenty children sat in class.
Their teachers stood before.
Twenty children shrank in fear
When Death walked in the door.
Twenty empty beds are left
A testament to homes bereft;
Parents bowed down in their grief,
Filled with sorrow and disbelief.
In twenty Newtown homes this year
The holidays will bring no cheer.
For twenty futures have gone dark.
Twenty candles snuffed.
©2012 Phyllis Entis. All rights reserved.
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Every parents’ worst nightmare. Such a heart-wrenching tragedy.
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Even those of us who were not blessed with children have tears in our eyes.
You honored them all with your poem.
Twenty Angels now………God Bless them and their grieving families
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Every parent in the world has tears tonight. You honor the lost with your poem. Thank you.
JoAnn
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Thank you for your kind words, JoAnn
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Well said.
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From: eFoodAlert <comment-reply@wordpress.com> Reply-To: eFoodAlert <comment+ey8fs6dp92auc8sgg4c8xn6m@comment.wordpress.com> Date: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:11 PM To: Bill Marler <bmarler@marlerclark.com> Subject: [New post] Prompt Prose: Twenty Candles Snuffed
foodbuglady posted: “December 14, 2012.- The following poem is in homage to the twenty children who were massacred today in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty Candles Snuffed Twenty children went to school On this December day, Their eyes a-gleam with eagerness To learn. To la”
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Thank you.
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