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Jun 04
poem 6 comments challenge: General/Free Write
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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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  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

    Shannon Ripp

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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.

    "i'm me, nothing more, nothing less! i'm me!" - shinji ikari

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  1. RedLilac
    May 10, 2019

    This is so powerful

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