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Uvalde, Texas

The Uvalde children haunt me.

It’s been a year today.

Grown-ups failed our children.

We bow our heads.  We pray.

Author maiamomPosted on May 24, 2023April 29, 2023Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde, Texas          

The Uvalde children haunt me –

restless shadows of the past –

leading Conscience to remember

little lives that didn’t last.

Author maiamomPosted on November 20, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas          

Uvalde, Texas

The Uvalde children haunt me.

They are ever on my mind.

I hope they walk with angels

in a place both Good and Kind.

Author maiamomPosted on November 15, 2022November 5, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

School Shooting in St. Louis

The killing’s in St. Louis today.

Tomorrow?  We don’t know.

Perhaps the killer’s loading now

and getting set to go.

Author maiamomPosted on October 24, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on School Shooting in St. Louis

Uvalde, Texas

The Uvalde children haunt me.

Blurry shadows in my mind.

Always seeking resolution.

Seeing answers they won’t find.

Author maiamomPosted on October 24, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde, Texas

The Uvalde children haunt me

with their poignant, silent cry.

A nation’s lost its bearings

when it lets its children die.

Author maiamomPosted on October 21, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags gun violence, school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde, Texas

The Uvalde children haunt me…

…ever present in my mind.

Always sending out their sad reproach

to a world that wasn’t kind.

orld that wasn’t kind.

Author maiamomPosted on October 14, 2022September 15, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

Uvalde, Texas

Small bodies in the graveyard.

They speak, as children can.

They tell the awful story of

the cruelty of man.

Author maiamomPosted on October 4, 2022September 4, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Uvalde, Texas

Back to School   September, 2022

Fresh faced kids head off to school,

ready to learn the Golden Rule.

Eager to grow and have some fun.

Somewhere, a shooter loads his gun.

Oh, well.

Author maiamomPosted on August 30, 2022August 29, 2022Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Back to School   September, 2022

Kids Killing Kids

Kids are heading out to kill.

They’re bringing guns to school.

The playground is a jungle.

Forget the Golden Rule.

Author maiamomPosted on August 16, 2021August 15, 2021Categories UncategorizedTags school shootingsLeave a comment on Kids Killing Kids
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