Children Should Not Die

They are gone, families grieve, the nation grieves the outrage. The night is hushed as we recall children laughing and dreaming. The sound was a joyous noise, the hope and energy of youth, a sweet and ringing affirmation, a comforting song for tomorrow. Now the night is dark and silent, their parents cannot hear them, only mute tears know the music. Children should not die like this! Will America fail, or bless them, not in some memorial or prayer, but in a resolve beyond homage, with the duty to act and protect? ~~~~~ For the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School 12-14-2012.