Just another day

or so it seems

Today's the day

Life will never be the same

Just a typical day

You see your friends

You're going to class

But out of nowhere

You hear the gun

You know what's happening

You can't believe it

Its unbelievable

You hear glass shattering

You hear a body hit the floor

You're running blindly

Desperately searching

For a safe place to hide

You finally hide

Trembling violently

You hear gunshot after gunshot

Lives have just been torn apart

In only a split second

Lives change forever

You cover your ears

to shut it all out

You uncover your eyes

Your life was spared

Someone leads you to safety

You start walking

Through the hollow hallways

You see the fallen

You see the wounded

You don't believe it

It's all too real

As you walk

You feel the glass

Crunching under your feet

As you walk out the door

You leave for home

You never want to go back

You come home

And walk through the door

To seemingly endless wailing

Your parents and siblings in tears

You've come home to find that

Your loved one is among the fallen

Hot tears stream down your face

Your mind screams

With countless questions

It's something you never expected

And never wanted to happen

So many questions

Screaming in your mind

Many go unanswered

Your loved one is gone

You can't face the fact

All you have left of them

Are their material possessions

And the memories

They're gone now

But who they were

Lives inside your heart

Forever More