Twenty Crayons

(Dedicated to and in memory of the children who were killed in the Connecticut school shooting.) Remember bells and keep your eyes from crying, from the sights that held your screams today. Leave your stolen dreams taped to the windows and live each one until you fade away... And should you need the words of sweet St. Agnes. Weeping as she says a prayer for you. Standing with St. Nicholas on the threshold Hoping you won't have to understand... Why your mommy cries with folks around her, And your daddy's head hangs to the ground. And should you need the words of sweet St. Agnes. As she spreads her arms for you today and all her fellow saints offer their verses. Because today she cannot find the words to say. Farewell now, sleep well and keep on smiling. Twenty crayons, left upon the ground. Farewell now, we promise to remember... that twenty crayons have fallen down.