Community / End violence / Grief / Healing / Mourning / prayer / School Violence

Shattered Innocence

church in Minneapolis

heads bowed in prayer

calm, quiet reflection

turns to panic and fear

childhoods robbed

classmates gone

untold grief

innocence shattered

nation now prays

for tender lives cut short

wounds to heal

nightmares to end

nation now prays

for a gathering will

to end this violence

©Ron Cooper 2025

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