America 2012
Twenty children were shot
Charlotte Bacon, 6
and six adults in one of
Daniel Barden, 7
the greatest tragedies
Olivia Engel, 6
in American history.
Josephine Gay, 7
Unfortunately, it was
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6
not the greatest tragedy,
Dylan Hockley, 6
for we have had mass
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
shootings in Columbine
Catherine V. Hubbard, 6
and Virginia Tech and
Chase Kowalski, 7
Aurora and Portland and…
Jesse Lewis, 6
The list goes on and on,
James Mattioli, 6
and while we are sometimes
Grace McDonnell, 7
speechless and sometimes
Emilie Parker, 6
saddened, it is never enough
Jack Pinto, 6
to move us to take action.
Noah Pozner, 6
We think we are powerless
Caroline Previdi, 6
against guns, the gun lobby,
Jessica Rekos, 6
and people who depend
Aviele Richman, 6
upon their guns to protect
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
them from fear and pain.
Allison N. Wyatt, 6
But maybe, just maybe,
Dawn Hochsprung, 47
this list of dead kindergartners
Rachel Davino, 29
will be enough to move us
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
to stop this endless
Lauren Rousseau, 30
violence. It is within our
Mary Sherlach, 56
power to do so.
Victoria Soto, 27
If we want.