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The Pain That Traveled Around the World

We share in the sadness. This unimaginable pain. Children are not suppose to be taken away. The school yard is silent Where has the laughter gone? The echo of angished spirits crying out to the Heaven So much has been lost First dances Kisses, hugs Graduations, Proms Weddings, grandchildren, future generations lost. What Gifts will we never see? Innocence has been snatched from our grasp. Will we ever be the same? It is not possible! Their deaths can not be avenged. No sense can be made of the senseless. We cling to our children Try to comfort them Will the victims have any comfort? Will the World's tears console them? Will their loss have been in vain? Lock away the Guns Change the way we think! Our rights are secondary to the lives of our children. Is not one life worth more than our right to bear Arms? We can decide. What choice will we make?

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Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 12/18/2012 1:52:00 PM

This is very well Thought and very well written. You ask - what choice will we make? I hope it is the right one. May they all rest in peace. Thank you for sharing this with us. Lucilla

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/18/2012 2:28:00 PM

Thanks Lucilla.

Yanny Widjanarko

Date: 12/17/2012 5:36:00 PM

This is really a strong poem, of course Richard the pain already travelled around the world, who would not be very sympathetic and heart broken to see those innocent victims overcome by the death in this very short time of living?

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 10:23:00 PM

Words seem so inadequate at a time like this.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/17/2012 3:56:00 PM

A sad poem I have read today. Richard, what makes this situation sadder is the avenge will not take place. a strong poem pin pointing the reason this happened... always~ LINDA

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 4:03:00 PM

Thanks Linda, I am alway glad to see you drop by. Thanks for your note this morning.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 12/17/2012 3:01:00 PM

well-said! i'll never understand why people feel the need to own guns, especially the kind that can take so many lives in such a short time. why they're not banned is beyond my comprehension. your poem expresses this very succinctly.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 3:50:00 PM

Hi Ilene I totaly agree!

Rollo West

Date: 12/17/2012 11:10:00 AM

Hi Richard, really enjoyed this work this morning, so full of sentiment and caring. Rollo

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 3:50:00 PM

Thanks Rollo

Susan Palli

Date: 12/17/2012 10:04:00 AM

Unimaginable pain we all feel. Soon all suffering to end. Revelation 21:3,4) till then pray and console

Yanny Widjanarko
Date: 12/17/2012 5:40:00 PM

I've read it Susan, it was really an uplifting verse, thanks for sharing the beautiful bible verse to us :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 10:06:00 AM

Very true!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/17/2012 10:04:00 AM

Difficult topic that sparks passions on both sides of the debate. The sad thing about guns is that it is often the people who want the guns and their protection are injured or killed by their own guns.

Russell Sivey

Date: 12/17/2012 9:03:00 AM

This is poem speaks of some very important things, like the loss of innocence, the senselessness of it all, shall we ban guns altogether? I am devastated by what has happened and wish there was something, anything, I could do to help console the victims families! I believe that gun control is certainly something that needs to be addressed! This is a wondrous poem here my friend! I really enjoyed reading this awesome piece this morning! What a consoling and sentimental write this is Richard!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 11/1/2022 9:51:00 AM

Sorry to be reading this so long after you posted it. I think the way we have drivers licences, we need proper education to become responsible gun owners. Also to me it makes no sense to own assault rifles.