Memorial Mass for the Victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre
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WITHIN THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE |
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A senseless act so cruelly wrought Upon the innocent it has brought |
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A Nation mourning a great loss We turn again towards the Cross |
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For strength and hope that we endure For pain and grief there is no cure |
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So many children laid to rest By grieving parents who were blessed |
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To share their lives for a short time To lose them so soon to a senseless crime |
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A troubled man he took their life Their hearts now feel the stabbing knife |
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Of grief and anger for all that's gone And wondering how to face the dawn |
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There is another mom and dad Whose hearts are broken and very sad |
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For their son who now is gone Into the darkness he was drawn |
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They grieve for lives taken by a son Who silenced them with the sound of a gun |
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As white flakes fell upon the ground Their screams were echoing all around |
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Their innocent laughter taken away On that cold snowy fateful day |
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So many beating hearts are still The sound of silence now so shrill |
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Above the clouds they stand and wait At the entrance to Heavens gates |
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For parents and all they left behind Where they still live within their mind |
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Where memories of them will always remain Echoing in silence and unbearable pain |
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We search for peace, so aimlessly As tears stream down so shamelessly |
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As they fall Within The Sounds of Silence |
| © April 18, 2007 by Mary E. Rogers |
Awarded 20 April 2007
