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When Torture Is A Gift
What if it was me or one of my best friends?
How do you get through grief
When grief seems to be all you know at this point?
all the deaths
the first day
the first quarter
2 people
people are dead
they’re haunting our halls
but they’ve never step foot in our nightmares
their torture is our birthday
we would give anything to be hurt by them again
decorated locker
pictures and messages
but they didn’t even know her that well
the others
they just move along with their days
but how do they do it
I would like to know
because it seems that everyone else can
so it should be just as easy for me
I shouldn’t cry about someone I didn’t know
But I saw them just the other day
They were great
So why did God have to take them away
I can’t fathom why
but I think he was jealous that we had them
Maybe if I keep lying to myself
to my friends
maybe that’s how the others do it
Ruby
Mr. Bushey
their families loss
the communities loss
I see blankets
in their memory
I see pictures
hanging pictures and walking by
like nothing ever happened
but a lot happened
how are we supposed to cope with that
when we’re just kids
when we aren’t ready to comprehend those lost feelings
and the kid
I don’t even know his name
I saw him drop
We all did
He was okay in the end
but he was limp
lost all control
Someone in the crowd
rushing to help him
the rest of us in shock
The EMTs telling his mom to get off the court
her resistance was the best thing that she could do
his sisters crying in the lobby
We didn’t know any of them
but the scene replays in our minds
the sound when his body hit the floor rings in our ears
dropping
I thought I saw this kid die
the trauma that comes with that is terrifying
When my biggest fear is falling
I see it again in my sleep
involuntarily
controlled by my own mind
but I get sick with guilt
and I can’t help but think
What if that was me or one of my best friends?
how do you get through grief
when grief seems to be all you know at this point?
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My School has taken a lot of hits recently; losing our superintendent and a fellow student. We watched a kid lose consciousness at a basketball game and drop; I thought he was dead. The amount of pain and hurt that the students and staff and community have gone through is immense and disturbing.