Speechless,
my heart weeps,
a nation mourns.
The reporter on television
interviews volunteers that
followed their hearts and came here
to lend a hand.
In the background I see,
Love, Hope, Faith words in lights.
Good words that seem so hard tonight.
Evil walked into this place
and brought darkness.
Twenty angels,
Twenty angels,
I listen to their names called,
an ache fills me.
Twenty stars shine bright in the
sky tonight.
Their light will shine forever.
Devastated,
we cry out,
Devastated,
we cry out,
we question the insanity,
we question the demons.
" Mama, without evil there's no good
and without shadow there's no light."
Eleven years old and yet so wise,
I hold him closer.
Broken hearts,
lives undone,
candles lit ,
shattered,
unimaginable loss.
We weep,
we pray,
for lives forever changed.
Tonight, today,
for always.
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Their names called...tears at me every time I see or hear them all. I will carry 'without shadow there is no light' with me today. This is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Adrienne. so heartbreaking.
DeleteYeah speechless is about the only word that comes to mind, at least the only word that isn't vile.
ReplyDeletei think we need to remember those names....it makes it personal and not just a statistic....hold your little one...love him...let him know that life is not all tragedy and that love has a place....its hard....
ReplyDeleteYou hear their names and see their faces...and it's just
Deletea feeling of helpless sorrow....
I pray along with you ~ My heart is still shattered ~
ReplyDeleteAll our hearts are....
Delete...i'm with you and with the rest in this... no words, righteous enough, can erase the pain & sadness the world felt when this tragedy happened... my prayers are all for 'em...
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kelvin....me too.
Deleteit moved the whole world...and i so hope that it will raise more awareness of the things that go wrong...left me with lots of questions i have no answers for..
ReplyDeleteThere are no answers...so devastating.
DeleteBeautiful write, Ayala.
ReplyDeleteThank you, MZ.
DeleteThis is how it has so deeply affected me too. I think it's because they were all so very young. So innocent of life's evils and, so much to live for. You cannot fail to be moved when you see their smiling faces and the teachers lost too.
ReplyDeleteSo, so sad... I even feel sorry for the young man who pulled the trigger, he must have been in such mental torment to have done something so evil too. I just wish they would take a good hard look at this use of selling guns so easily to anyone who wants one.
Very moving post Ayala
They were so young and innocent... :(
Delete" Mama, without evil there's no good
ReplyDeleteand without shadow there's no light."
--and he is age eleven? Wow!
Ayala, you wrote for everyone you know, and everyone I know...that's gotta be lots of Peeps.
Peace
Thank you, Steve. I wish you love and peace.
DeleteSimply beautiful
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jenny.
DeleteAbsolute pleasure to read! :) Always enjoy stopping by to read you :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Poppy.
DeleteAgree with everything here. So sad. k.
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad....
Deletewell realized
ReplyDeleteAloha from Waikiki, my Friend
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Thank you, Cloudia.
DeleteAyala, I understand your son being wise. I had a conversation with my 9-year-old grandson today. Children KNOW. I think children need to be talked to.....it was not easy, but it was necessary. As yo know.
ReplyDeleteChildren are so wise....
DeleteWow, that is pretty insightful for an eleven year old. I'm glad you could be there for him.
ReplyDeleteThank you, CM.
DeleteAyala--yes, and again yes. I wrote three poems about this, and still have not grazed the surface of how this has impacted me. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susan.
DeleteYes, always. So hard to come to terms with this, so heart-shattering.
ReplyDeleteBless us all.
Bless all those left behind.
DeleteA heartfelt response to an event that has shattered us all. Thank you for sharing, A. xo
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jackie. xo
DeleteYour son is as comforting and wise as you. This is beautiful Ayala.
ReplyDeleteThank you, dear Lisa.
DeleteA sad write, beautifully done, Ayala. Well said.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Charles.
Deletea hug goes a long way
ReplyDeletePat, it does.
DeleteWise beyond years. I'm late and kind of speechless but managed a few words too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colleen.
DeleteAmen.
ReplyDeleteDitto.
DeleteOh this event makes us all bleed deep. Our kids understand so much, what a gift they are to us. My heart aches so much for those who lost their own little treasures. Nicely done ayala.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jen. Sad and shattered lives.
DeleteMy heart is breaking. I have trouble thinking about the grief those families are experiencing. I was going to write something about it, but couldn't. So glad you did, so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Myrna.
DeleteYour son's words ring true.
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking.
Thank you, Rudri. xo
DeleteChanged forever...that's right. Hug your son tight. Sending you peace, Ayala.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary. I am....
DeleteSuch a heartfelt piece you have shared. We all ache, we all question. And out of the mouths of a child a wise answer indeed. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ginny. I will show him these comments....
DeleteYou served the topic well in your words, forthright and compassionate. Lovely expression. Send love and peace ~ Rose
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. Love and Peace to you.
DeleteI'm still struggling with the words to express my own feelings about this tragedy... but you've given some voice to this inexpressible anguish, and for that I thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sam. I appreciate it.
DeleteYour son is very wise and your thoughts are wise and carry a certain beauty with them.
ReplyDeleteI can't get my head round it at all - the good and evil stuff.
My thoughts are with the families.
Anna
Thank you, Anna . The events so hard to accept.
Deleteprayers and prayers and compassion and compassion this is what we all feel
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
Deletemay those who are mourning be somehow comforted in the knowledge that we weep with them...
ReplyDeleteMay they find comfort.
DeleteFine tribute to the tragedy
ReplyDeleteThank you, Luke.
DeleteThere never could have been anything like this. Lives of innocents snuffed off. They never had a chance! Nicely ayala!
ReplyDeleteHank
Devastating....
Delete20 more angels in heaven too soon
ReplyDeletewe never can understand why
so we hold our children nearer
and hear their beautiful voices clearer.
xoxoxo
Love you!
Jannie,
Deleteheartbreaking...
xoxo
Very hard to read this without weeping.
ReplyDeleteYes....
DeleteAyala, you have such a talent--those are my feelings exactly. Thank you for this poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sara. I appreciate it.
DeleteI think the Zen book I'm reading would LOVE your son's reaction. I love your heart felt response. You've expressed my empathy better than I could.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rachel.
DeleteWishing you Blessed Christmas and joyful New Year ~
ReplyDeleteCheers ~
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and blessings always.
DeleteHello Ayala... just stopped by to wish you and yours a PEACEFUL and MERRY... MERRY... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
ReplyDeleteGOD BLESS!!!
..smiles...
Thank you and wishing you the same.
DeleteSenseless and tragic...we probably will never know or understand the reasoning behind such a vicious act. The only comfort...that they are now safe from future harm.
ReplyDeleteSo devastating!
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