This poem was written for the children of Columbine High School

Life's flame flickers and fades
Snuffed out by the winds of evil,
And with the fading flame
Fades the rainbow –
The hopes and dreams
Of cherished life, cut down.

In the midst of promise
And exuberant potential,
Fractured family and friends
Fumble, in the dark of grief,
To find reason
Where there is none to find.

Swarming media maggots
Join in a feeding frenzy,
Satisfying vicarious appetites
From the pit of aching emptiness,
And soul chilling sorrow
Of the many left behind.

Now the many bear the guilt –
The guilt of survival –
Guilt, where none is apportioned,
None is deserved,
But guilt stands penitent
Where emotions bleed raw.

God hears the concert 'WHY?'
His heart fills with sorrow -
Again He questions free will,
With all its painful burdens?
But in the resonating silence,
God Weeps…