Never Again

My community and friends will never be the same,

and that is because this terrible tragedy is to blame.

At 2:35 I never thought I would have to send those texts full of worry,

not even understanding my own text because it was such a hurry.

I never thought I would have to comfort my friends through the wake of their a beloved ones' death,

It feels as if we had been placed in a trageic scene of Macbeth.

I never thought my school would be established with constant fear,

with any sudden movement or noise comes the premonition that we are not in the clear.

Yet here we are, only in the second month of the new year,

now has me wishing for it to end because the pain is so severe.

The pain that something this close to home could occur,

In the quaint town of Parkland. No, I just cannot concur.

The 17 lives that were slaughtered on Valentine's Day,

I'm sorry that you were hunted down like someone's prey.

But I promise you with, every fiber in me, that this will never happen again.

That this will not pass the news and would not have you all died in vain,

because too many have happened and I keep losing count of the slain.

And my head spins and spins on why this has not been resolved,

How we let this deranged 19 year old with an AR-15 become involved.

But I promise you that our pain and sorrow will pass,

knowing that our message has reached the mass.

And knowing that you did not die in vain,

but became the face for change and for that you are held in reign.

We miss you everyday and it will never be the same,

but we remember the good times and my heart has been etched with every single name.