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Class of 27

Lord I'm haunted by Lanza's eyes on the screen
Belonging to a nightmare, that killed dreams
The sound of baby screams
Rips my soul at its seams
Angelic voices redeemed 
For the Choir of The King
Upon inception their wounds began to heal
27 sets of wings completed the deal
Playing hopscotch on the clouds with The Lamb
Never again, in the path of the damned
Eternal laughter with Jesus the comedian
Telling jokes about Loves ingredients
First day of school they learned to forgive
The helper of their life for being short lived
And the surprise was Ms. Soto teaching the kids
But Lanza will learn that God forbids!

By, Scribe ML
For Skat's 20+7 Vigil Contest
16 Bars of Lyrics

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  1. Date: 1/8/2013 2:30:00 PM

    HI SCRIBE MY POET FRIEND, stopping by to say hi and read your winning poem in the "" poetry soup VIGIL"'' contest by my sister Sidney... a nice and heartfelt poem to read. have yourself a good day. always & forever ~LINDA

  1. Date: 12/29/2012 7:22:00 PM

    Scribe, congrats with the warmness and compassion from your pen~SKAT

  1. Date: 12/29/2012 10:46:00 AM

    Great write! Great imagery and we could feel the passion... Couldn't have said it better.

  1. Date: 12/28/2012 2:48:00 PM

    wow... Scribe, it has been an honor reading your poetry all year long... thank you for the read of this tribute.. and yes..Lanza will get his... i like the imagery you paint for the class of 27... in heaven... always~pd

  1. Date: 12/27/2012 5:45:00 PM

    Marlon; This is very beautiful. Now they all rest in peace. Thanks for sharing with us. Lucilla Good luck in the contest. Lucilla

  1. Date: 12/27/2012 4:42:00 PM

    a great tribute to the victims of this tragedy....well penned Scribe....

  1. Date: 12/26/2012 1:38:00 PM

    Thank you for year 2012, many good poems and nice comments from you! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

  1. Date: 12/23/2012 7:52:00 AM

    Smh....too good..too good of a write!!! A tragedy that will never be forgotten..excellent piece fam!!!

  1. Date: 12/23/2012 3:16:00 AM

    GREAT... I call this a historical poem because of it's constant allusion to that Connecticut tragedy... well done Marlon. Love... Angel

  1. Date: 12/23/2012 2:21:00 AM

    you have written this so well, Marlon.. such a tragedy, yet so heartfelt, your poem, which will come through to all that read this................

  1. Date: 12/22/2012 5:54:00 PM

    This poem is exceptional Scribe Marlon. Very unique and touching tribute! Merry Christmas my Friend.

  1. Date: 12/22/2012 5:50:00 PM

    great way to pay tribute. I like the unique and creative way you did your tribute for the vigil Skat has got going. Glad I peeked at this one too.I was thinking it was gonna be about old people's high school reunion, class of '27! You sure fooled me!

  1. Date: 12/22/2012 2:30:00 PM

    Great to see you back Marlin with this fine and hopeful tribute--haunting is right--the type of sickness that could lead to anyone doing this is far beyond my comprehension.

  1. Date: 12/22/2012 12:27:00 PM

    Yes, within minutes, the worst of the worst and the best of the best of man's actions