** This is my last poem in tribute to the Sandy Hook Shooting victims and I am so glad to have done all these poems. Hopefully I can soon send these poems to the families.
My last poem is in memory of Rachel Davino. Rachel was one of the teachers who died in the Sandy Hook Shooting. Rachel was supposedly going to get engaged to be married on Christmas Eve ,but didn't get the chance to see that moment. Rachel took the full force of the gunmans shooting rampage to protect as many children as she could. She cared for the children and after school hours her job was said to not have stopped there.
Ding Dong!
Is heard around the world.
As a bell rings signaling Rachel getting her wings.
Although, they aren't wedding bells, she will meet her loved one in Heaven one day.
Until then she will help other angels get their wings,
And watch other her family and friends.
With the help of her little angels dropping gifts of love in the world to land in people's hearts.
The next time you hear a bell ring.
It will be Rachel helping another angel to get their wings.
Categories:
davino, life, children,
Form: I do not know?
December 14, 2012
Little pink coat, Mommy holding
little pink hand, the firehouse
must have seemed a marathon away,
the longest run of their lives.
Skedaddle little pink coat,
miniature uggs flopping,
one size up so they’ll
fit next year.
Nametags sewn in elfin collars,
forever suspended mitten-
sleeved jackets
in a Sandy Hook cupboard.
Good morning Ms. Davino,
Good morning, Mrs. Hochsprung,
Good morning, Mrs. Murphy,
Good morning, Ms. Rousseau,
Good morning, Mrs. Sherlach,
Good morning, Ms. Soto.
Who knew you’d be so brave?
I remember my first grade teacher,
when the hallways were safe
and nuclear attack seemed so remote.
Mrs. Lanza, did Adam
say good morning, Mom,
or just get down to
business?
We are all so sorry.
©Kathryn McLoughlin Collins
December 18, 2012
These shootings occurred in my hometown.
Categories:
davino, death, people,
Form: Free verse