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Array ( [sid] => 44063 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => I was not there [time] => 2004-04-20 14:58:24 [hometext] => This is about Columbine, and although i wasnt there still I remember. [bodytext] => I wasn’t there that dreadful day
Didn’t enter the school with all of you
I was still at home when hell broke lose

I wasn’t there as you ran and screamed for your lives
Or played dead in the library
I didn’t see the guns or hear the cries of the wounded

I didn’t have to make the choice to lie or die
How scared you all must have been
Not knowing if you were next

Back in my home I was just entering my school
As the police were finally entering yours
I had no idea that two young boys could cause so much pain

I can’t imagine the pain you feel
As the day approaches
I know you don’t want it to happen again

That is why I write this poem
Not to dwell on such a sad event
But to make sure it doesn’t happen again
[comments] => 7 [counter] => 162 [topic] => 8 [informant] => lil_angel [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 20 [ratings] => 4 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AmericanTragedy )

I was not there

Contributed by lil_angel on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 02:58:24 PM in AEST
Topic: AmericanTragedy

I wasn’t there that dreadful day
Didn’t enter the school with all of you
I was still at home when hell broke lose

I wasn’t there as you ran and screamed for your lives
Or played dead in the library
I didn’t see the guns or hear the cries of the wounded

I didn’t have to make the choice to lie or die
How scared you all must have been
Not knowing if you were next

Back in my home I was just entering my school
As the police were finally entering yours
I had no idea that two young boys could cause so much pain

I can’t imagine the pain you feel
As the day approaches
I know you don’t want it to happen again

That is why I write this poem
Not to dwell on such a sad event
But to make sure it doesn’t happen again

Copyright © lil_angel ... [ 2004-04-20 14:58:24]
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Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Remy on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 03:28:57 PM AEST
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hum... from time to time i think upon those events, andi hope all the same - never again... good writing!
~Remy~

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 03:37:41 PM AEST
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bought back memories of the Dunblane shootings in Scotland, i can remember the news breaking for both these events it leaves a certain rawness in your mind , i enjoyed your poem as events like this should never be forgotten.

wildej.

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Kie on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 03:41:36 PM AEST
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I watched a documentary about this the other night with footage caught on the schools cameras. It was heartbreaking. It made me wonder what happened to the parents of the boys who massacred all those kids in such a tragic way? They never mentioned them.

Your poem touched really touched my heart.

Well done.

Kie

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Mortis-Dark on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 04:36:00 PM AEST
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Brillaint, I salute you Awesome write.

(V)ortis-Dark

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by nanette on Tuesday, 20th April 2004 @ 07:18:40 PM AEST
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Very good write.. What a wonderful tribute to such a sad situation.. Thank you
~Nanette

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Cynthia on Wednesday, 21st April 2004 @ 08:10:59 PM AEST
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This brings back painful memories. I remember when this happened. It brought me to tears. A nice tribute lilangel. Good job. *S* Cynthia

Re: I was not there (User Rating: 1 )
by Essentially9 on Friday, 14th January 2005 @ 10:37:15 PM AEST
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powerful and emotional once again. another poem that shows your great talent as a writer. to make sure it doesnt happen again, you have to make sure the reasons it happens dont exist.

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