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Virginia's Pain
See the children of the dawn
They lay like rows of tulips
Scorched by raging April frost
Their muted beauty still flows
Etched in hearts by time’s eternal hand
Their fragrances lightly scent the air
Crimson flows among the dews
Encased in frozen wintry daze
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Dark breaks the cruel dawn
Hope flees before gathering storm
Lion crouching at the door
Death now stalking ingloriously
The morning dews now fractured
By hideous molten hate
And discharge vile of powder black
Lead propelled by malicious hand
A quieted field of humanity
Stunned by violent intent
Lives torn by wonton scorn
And raging blindness of the man
Gone now the quiet solitude
Of the grander commons
That breaks the midnight peace
Spirits crying, torn by malice
Children of the Old Dominion
Fly like fodder upon the storm
Tossed violently into the abyss
While screams erupt from fated lips
The white hazes of embattled morn
Lie heavy upon Draper's Meadow
While parting spirits drift invisibly
Over sorrow’s stifled glen
Erupting slowly the mournful wails
For brethren cut down by malice
Upon the fields of valor now undone
Breath snatched away by evil’s clone
Down, down sinking into the silt of fate
Lodging within the sands of time
Like the mighty Merrimack
Inglorious in its demise
The cold tomb swallows greedily,
Quickly swallowing the valor of heroes pride
Hiding their glory within a muddy cloud
Where have the children gone?
Vapors of time now fading
Carrying their memories away
Hearts cleave amid whispers low
Fragile bidding our final farewells
Heroes to a watching wondering world
Speak silently to saddened hearts
Stand apart in eternal rest
Passing their memories along the path
See the children of the dawn
They lay like rows of tulips
Scorched by raging April frost
Their muted beauty still flows
Etched in hearts by time’s eternal hand
Their fragrances lightly scent the air
Crimson flows among the dews
Encased in frozen wintry daze
We say goodbye to heaven’s best
Reminders to love and tenderness
Their courage a light to our dismays
Giving hope to those pass this way again
To all who pause upon this path
Consider now the life they gave
Their message remains steadfast
Prevail against evil’s domain!!
In memory of all those who died
On the campus of Virginia Tech
04/16/2007
Original Poem copyright 2007
by Joe Hall
Virginia's Pain
See the children of the dawn
They lay like rows of tulips
Scorched by raging April frost
Their muted beauty still flows
Etched in hearts by time’s eternal hand
Their fragrances lightly scent the air
Crimson flows among the dews
Encased in frozen wintry daze
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Dark breaks the cruel dawn
Hope flees before gathering storm
Lion crouching at the door
Death now stalking ingloriously
The morning dews now fractured
By hideous molten hate
And discharge vile of powder black
Lead propelled by malicious hand
A quieted field of humanity
Stunned by violent intent
Lives torn by wonton scorn
And raging blindness of the man
Gone now the quiet solitude
Of the grander commons
That breaks the midnight peace
Spirits crying, torn by malice
Children of the Old Dominion
Fly like fodder upon the storm
Tossed violently into the abyss
While screams erupt from fated lips
The white hazes of embattled morn
Lie heavy upon Draper's Meadow
While parting spirits drift invisibly
Over sorrow’s stifled glen
Erupting slowly the mournful wails
For brethren cut down by malice
Upon the fields of valor now undone
Breath snatched away by evil’s clone
Down, down sinking into the silt of fate
Lodging within the sands of time
Like the mighty Merrimack
Inglorious in its demise
The cold tomb swallows greedily,
Quickly swallowing the valor of heroes pride
Hiding their glory within a muddy cloud
Where have the children gone?
Vapors of time now fading
Carrying their memories away
Hearts cleave amid whispers low
Fragile bidding our final farewells
Heroes to a watching wondering world
Speak silently to saddened hearts
Stand apart in eternal rest
Passing their memories along the path
See the children of the dawn
They lay like rows of tulips
Scorched by raging April frost
Their muted beauty still flows
Etched in hearts by time’s eternal hand
Their fragrances lightly scent the air
Crimson flows among the dews
Encased in frozen wintry daze
We say goodbye to heaven’s best
Reminders to love and tenderness
Their courage a light to our dismays
Giving hope to those pass this way again
To all who pause upon this path
Consider now the life they gave
Their message remains steadfast
Prevail against evil’s domain!!
In memory of all those who died
On the campus of Virginia Tech
04/16/2007
Original Poem copyright 2007
by Joe Hall