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Jun 04
poem 5 comments challenge: General
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haileychase

If I Die In A School Shooting

​If I die in a school shooting,
politicize my death.
Fight for our safety,
turn my funeral into a protest.

If I die in a school shooting,
I will never play sports again.
My goals, my hopes, my dreams,
will all come to an end.

If I die in a school shooting,
battle until students and teachers are safe.
Don't let my death become a statistic,
help kids go to school unafraid.

If I die in a school shooting,
I will never become a doctor.
I will never graduate high school,
and my parents will no longer have a daughter.

If I die in a school shooting,
my little brother will become an only child.
Fight for all the lost lives,
and make change be required.

If I die in a school shooting,
turn my ashes into a book.
And write the story
of how my life should have looked.

If I die in a school shooting,
deliver my heart to the NRA
because those people are heartless
and I was a child they could have saved.

If I die in a school shooting,
my family will be in pain.
Give them a hug,
and turn the hurt into change.

If I die in a school shooting,
please let me be the last.

 
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Posted: 06.04.18
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  1. Amazingnutmeg12
    Jun 04, 2018

    This is really a very powerful poem, and one I can relate in the fullest, most heartfelt of ways. Thank you for pouring your heart into something that the world needs to hear.

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  1. melody22
    Jun 05, 2018

    This is SO powerful. Really good job!

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  1. ShanRippWriting
    Jun 05, 2018

    I'm speechless wow

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  1. Rubber Soul
    Jun 28, 2018

    I love this, especially the last line that ties the whole piece together in a powerful and thought-provoking ending. Bravo.

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  1. Abriatis
    Jul 03, 2018

    Didn't expect something this deep. Thank you for writing this and touching my heart.

    but if time would stand still, this moment, I'd freeze it in place

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