Unecssary Tears ( Part Two )

Unnecessary Tears - Part Two
I have not forgotten the feelings I had upon hearing about
the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. I was at my security post at work
and a quivering, sorrowful moment of grief reverberated through my body.
The same feelings and shock upon hearing about the shootings of
President Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. My heart is still
reverberating with grief for all of the families and victims of mass shootings
from Columbine to the present.

TWENTY – SIX

( IN HONOR OF THE SANDY HOOK ELEMEMNTARY VICTIMS )

TWENTY – SIX - - - FEET

TWENTY – SIX - - - HANDS

TWENTY – SIX - - - VOICES

TWENTY – SIX - - - FACES

TWENTY – SIX - - - SMILES

TWENTY – SIX VERSIONS OF ENTHUSIASM AND JOY

~ THEN ~

 THERE WERE TWENTY – SIX BULLETS  THAT STOLE LIVES FROM CREATION

TIME REMOVED FROM THE CLOCK OF some BLOSSUMS in their BLOOMING

THEIR JEWELED MOMENTS

THEIR BASKING IN THE SUN

AS HONEYSUCKLES, ROSES, TULIPS, JUNIPERS, MUMS,

 ~ MAGNOLIAS ~

~ PLUCKED ~

TWENTY – SIX SHATTERING ECHOES RIPPLEING THROUGH A NATION’S SOUL

EARTHQUAKE RUMBLING HURT REVERBERATING TO THE MARROW OF THE BONE

IT MAY WELL BE A DAILY RITUAL – WHEN AN UNSCHEDULED MOMENT OF SILENCE

VISITS AND REVISITS THE LIVES OF THE FALLEN’S  FAMILY MEMBERS

WE SHOULD ALL COMMIT

A HEARTBEAT THAT TRUMPET’S  HONOR AND RESOLVE

A SANE, RATIONAL COURAGE THAT UNTANGLES SORROW

THEN WEAVES  NEW LIGHT INTO OUR LIVES

CATHEDRAL BELLS NATIONWIDE TOLLED TWENTY – SIX REVERENT TIMES

TWENTY – SIX NAMES  UTTERED WITH THE HOMAGE OF TAPS IN VOICES

AND BAGPIPERS EXTOL SORROWFUL NOTES OF PRAYERS

~ GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE ~

~ GOOD-LOVLY-TENDER-PRECIOUS - GOOD-BYE ~

TWENTY – SIX MORE STARS ARE ILLUMINATING IN THE SAPPHIRE OCEAN OF THE DIVINE

My Heart will beat with a reverent awe every time I look at the night sky

BY THOMAS n. CORBETT 3^RD

TNC3

December 21, 2012