Newtown Spirit (Class of 2000)

by Johnny - Capricorn

have you cried yet, for Newtown?
"no, not yet"

well, you will, and it will hurt
I might be there, to see you
and many others do the same
and I can't do or say anything
because I did too cry for Newtown
and the feeling will all be the same
I, flooded with memories again
tears of joy and happiness will come again
and new tears will be born
because now I'll miss, my seregant family of 2000
you and a few others will go
and I can't do anything to hold time
or to stop and pause a day
for you and I to roam freely in
to see if we can live it differently
or if we can live what we
might of missed
once again, Newtown will be silenced
for 2 months, or few to be exact
the halls, classrooms, echoeless
the desks, floors, garbage free
maybe a wondering spirit
from an older class
will follow the footsteps
of one particular student
walk the same steps, and sit
in the same seat, same class
maybe this spirit of Newtown
will reminisce of his or her own time here
and will smile on the success
of the student who this spirit
decided to shadow
first it was I, an part of '99 to leave
now you, part of 2000 to go
as the seniors leave this aging school
older and quiter it gets
and once back in session
the more crowded
may Newtown's school spirit live

6/26/00

Reason for writing:

    I have written one for my year, 99...but I still had a fair amount of friends in 2000.  Now that their leaving, I will miss them all the same.    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2000-07-11 08:07:53
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:28
Poem ID: 56844

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