In Remembrance
This once they were saved, the babies.
The killer, dead.
Timely.
Unlike the one
who aspired to live
for several rounds too many.
Oh, you innocent souls,
sweet gifts of life,
treasures of the future;
the present, stolen from you,
a mere one digit past.
Catherine Hubbard
Noah Puzner
Ana Marquez-Greene
Madeline Hsu
Jesse Lewis
Emilie Parker
Jessica Rekos
Caroline Previdi
Grace McDonnell
Benjamin Wheeler
Avielle Richman
Daniel Barden
Jack Pinto
Olivia Engel
Chase Kowalski
Allison Wyatt
Dylan Hockley
Josephine Gay
James Mattioli
Charlotte Bacon
This stranger’s heart
refutes your final moments
welcomes those enchanting smiles, instead.