Tears and Fears

2012, Olan L. Smith (revised, 2013)

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Learning of Vicky Soto's valor my eyes burn with saltwater tears,

A teacher instructs, guards her pupils

Until the finish and this ending was red in blood, as sacrifice with tears

And of mysteries that last forever; a closet hides, encapsules,

A gunman inserts himself into their lives...a multitude of fears

Drown a nation, too much for us. What whys

Bear responsibility? Culpability belongs to a lone gunman...

Please, change what will be, Brother Aaron,

Lead us to milk and honey. A place where we see with three eyes,

And light fills the heart, a place where love, peace and freedom advise.

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(A/N: A decastich poem, ten lines, using rhyme scheme of a,b,a,b,a,c,d,d,c,c)