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.
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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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.