Last Day of School
January 18, 2019
This phrase has been given a positive connotation
“The last day of school”
Freedom from work, responsibility and educational assimilation
It yields a different meaning to me now
A much more grim representation
Of the society I live in
And the deadly flaws of our nation
For some students, this phrase
Will preserve its innocence and simplicity
For many others
It will sound like their own grim reality
It will be the last day of school
For the kids who don’t return home that day
The teachers that heroically saved that day
The gunman who had been spotted on school grounds that day.
Our leaders fall silent
While children are denied the chance to live
Our leaders fall silent
Sending thoughts and prayers like they are combative
To the deadly glorification and
Access to guns in this country
For this, is something I refuse to forgive
If our own country won’t stand up for us
who will?
Please don’t let this be my last day of school.
