Richard Lamoureux Poet Free verse

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 December 18, 2012 at 1:52 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 December 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM Thanks Lucilla.

Yanny Widjanarko December 17, 2012 at 5:36 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 December 17, 2012 at 10:23 PM Words seem so inadequate at a time like this.

Poet Destroyer A December 17, 2012 at 3:56 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 December 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM Thanks Linda, I am alway glad to see you drop by. Thanks for your note this morning.

Ilene Bauer December 17, 2012 at 3:01 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 December 17, 2012 at 3:50 PM Hi Ilene I totaly agree!

Rollo West December 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM Hi Richard, really enjoyed this work this morning, so full of sentiment and caring. Rollo Richard Lamoureux December 17, 2012 at 3:50 PM Thanks Rollo

Susan Palli December 17, 2012 at 10:04 AM Unimaginable pain we all feel. Soon all suffering to end. Revelation 21:3,4) till then pray and console Yanny Widjanarko December 17, 2012 at 5:40 PM I've read it Susan, it was really an uplifting verse, thanks for sharing the beautiful bible verse to us :) Richard Lamoureux December 17, 2012 at 10:06 AM Very true! Richard Lamoureux December 17, 2012 at 10:04 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 December 17, 2012 at 9:03 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 November 1, 2022 at 9:51 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.