Lock down

We had a lock down today at my school and it reminded me of the columbine shooting which accured April 20,1999

Screams of terror down the hall;

 

sounds like thunder all around.

 

Streams of red flowing by;

 

sadness consumes us all.

 

Slowly saying our last goodbyes;

 

We will always remember Columbine High.

Author's Note

let me know what you think.

Reviews

[Kate Hunter]

Wow. So few words, yet a very strong message. The Columbine was definitely a tragedy, but remembering it will stop another columbine from happening.

[Misty Blue Eyes]

i had a friend who was dating a guy from there the year Columbine. i went to South high school in denver and i remember watching it on tv....i cried so hard that day, then we had a bomb scare, turns out there was one but it was mostly sulfur

[nothing]

Not just but maybe a month ago at my school a couple of kids came in with guns, and did holy terror on that high school. I am tired of kids going around and killing people and nothing being done. One boy, no names, killed his mother and father, then came to school, left his gun in the back of his truck and went in to class. The school officer was notified by neighbors of the parents death and was trying to find him when another kid walked in with a gun. He was looking for his gf to kill her bc she was pregnant with someone elses kid. When they came to apprehend him, he shot and killed himself in the school. It was something that made all of us look at our kids and want to hold them close. I was stunned bc neither of the children seemed to have a bad life. Just that they had stern parents. This truly made it hit home, and I just wanted to share this with you. You are truly an amazing writer.

Truly & Deeply Yours,
Sarah.

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[Bubo]

That must have been very scary.......and yes, we forget quickly how young life was so cruelly snatched away.......having two teenagers we only suffered one such incidence in this country on a grand scale and I remember I kept them off school for days, the fear you leave them somewhere safe, only to lose them, they were very young at the time, but I remember thinking I was not ever sending them back!
You have written a very moving tribute.

[TamerQtaish]

Simple, short and right into the point with a memory not to forget,
Great job bro...

[Coyote Poetry]

Columbine High need to be remembered. A sad day for the school system. Somehow we must stop the killing of students in college or High School. Thank you for the reminder. Two years ago a boy at my daughter school was making plans to do the same as Columbine High. We got lucky and he was caught before his plan could be done.
Coyote

[Star Wolf]

A reminder of what a sad society we live in today.

[Moonflower]

A harsh reality~

[Norma M Sutton]

This is nice.