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 Jan 2013 Kayla Hollatz
Emma
By then I'll have drowned
out my heartbeats with footsteps
Or maybe it will go the other way.
I                          think
of      these    little      children
these    weeping    angels    their
lives    stolen      from    this
earth      by a
madman's
bullets and when I think of the
Twenty I think of their families but mostly their
words I just want Christmas I just want to have Christmas
And then I think of their homes each of twenty trees
Sheltering gifts with no owners, sheltering them as if
To protect the memory of the innocents, lonely presents
Can now only shine and glimmer with all their gaudy
Holiday glory but no longer a jolly happy shine now it's
More a glaring harsh shimmer and shine sad, and cheap
Compared to the lives of the little ones these presents may
Be repurposed regifted, or set aside but their original and
True owners shall nevermore know the joy they can bring
 Dec 2012 Kayla Hollatz
Anon C
Each night will she relentlessly cry
Until
her
inevitable
*suicide
 Dec 2012 Kayla Hollatz
Batya
Time flies if you ask it to,
And shattered trust can mend.
Faith stretches like elastic,
Iron hearts can bend.

Invisible hands will carry loads-
As heavy as Atlas's globe,
Lives suspend on crystal love
And tiny threads of hope.

Coal can be taught to shine
As bright as Athena's eyes,
And no matter how far it is from shore,
The tide will always rise.
1680

Sometimes with the Heart
Seldom with the Soul
Scarcer once with the Might
Few—love at all.
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