Let Our Hearts Fly

“Let Our Hearts Fly”, poem and image © B.E. Kazmarski

My heart is heavy with the news of the school shooting today. I’ve used my creative efforts in a poem and image. May we remember the innocent children, the adults who tried to protect them, and the families they leave behind.

Let Our Hearts Fly

A cardinal

flashing red in the bare winter landscape

innocent of my intent

I missed my shot, my camera open to receive too much light

yet it was then that I heard

of the shooting of other innocent birds

on this brilliant morning

colorful plumage

melodic chatter

gathered in a trusted place

a flash of red

too many left behind

others holding hands

closing eyes to run.

 

No.

 

Please let it not be so.

For those who can no longer fly

let our hearts fly to be with them

flashing red in the brilliant and bare winter morning.

Poem © B.E. Kazmarski

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