Flower Blue

When we were but small children
And the year was ninety nine
The shots rang out near Littleton
And flew to thirty-five

The students not much older
Than we were, as they fell
They cried as their peers screamed
"Tonight we go to Hell!"

Mere children, trembling in fear
As teachers, friends, were killed
Asked among the books and shelves
If their God left them fulfilled

Brave hearts answered with honesty
Swift death was their reward
As two boys that the world forgot
Spewed hate with every word

Could this have been prevented?
Most likely, the answer is no.
What has been written in the stars
No human can forego.

It breaks my heart to hear their tale
The saga of their grief
I spend each April twentieth
On a hilltop with a wreath

The hilltop is within my mind
And the wreath is always real
But neither fact will change the way
The dead's loved ones still feel.

Two young men that were preyed upon
By insanity and by hate
Took out their rage on thirty-five
Of Columbine's good and great

In April of nineteen ninety-nine
A tragedy took place
No matter what songs we may sing
The pain still left its trace

There still are mothers who cry tears
So bitter, angry, sad
There are still graves with young ones' names
There are still scars so bad

There is, however, hope unbridled
In the ashes of death
The flower this high school was named for
Grows tall and draws its breath

It takes its nourishment from those
Whose lives are gone today
Their memories will never die
The live on in us and in our colors stay

Columbine High School was attacked
By two boys with guns.
We will not forget what happened,
But we will stand in the sun.



Rachel Scott. Age 17. Died. Shot in head, torso, and leg.

Richard Castaldo. Age 17. Shot in arm, chest, back, and

abdomen.

Daniel Rohrbough. Age 15. Died. Shot in chest.

Sean Graves. Age 15. Shot in back, abdomen, and foot.

Lance Kirklin. Age 16. Shot in leg, neck, and jaw.

Michael Johnson. Age 15. Wounded in face, arm, and leg.

Mark Taylor. Age 16. Shot in chest, both arms, and leg.

Anne-Marie Hochhalter. Age 17. Shot in chest, arm,

abdomen, back, and leg.

Brian Anderson. Age 16. Wounded by flying glass.

Patti Nielson. Age 35. Wounded in shoulder by shrapnel.

Stephanie Munson. Age 16. Shot in ankle.

Dave Sanders. Age 47. Died. Shot in neck and back and died

of blood loss.

Evan Todd. Age 15. Wounded by wood fragments.

Kyle Velasquez. Age 16. Died. Shot in head and back.

Patrick Ireland. Age 17. Shot in arm, leg, head, and foot.

Daniel Steepleton. Age 17. Shot in thigh.

Makai Hall. Age 18. Shot in knee.

Steven Curnow. Age 14. Died. Shot in neck.

Kacey Ruegsegger. Age 17. Shot in hand, arm, and shoulder.

Cassie Bernall. Age 17. Died. Shot in head.

Isaiah Shoels. Age 18. Died. Shot in chest.

Matthew Kechter. Age 16. Died. Shot in chest.

Lisa Kreutz. Age 18. Shot in shoulder, hand, arms, and thigh.

Valeen Schnurr. Age 18. Wounded in chest, arms, and

abdomen.

Mark Kintgen. Age 17. Shot in head and shoulder.

Lauren Townsend. Age 18. Died. Multiple shots to head,

chest, and lower body.

Nicole Nowlen. Age 16. Shot in abdomen.

John Tomlin. Age 16. Died. Multiple shots to head and neck.

Kelly Fleming. Age 16. Died. Shot in back.

Jeanna Park. Age 18. Shot in knee, shoulder and foot.

Daniel Mauser. Age 15. Died. Shot in face.

Jennifer Doyle. Age 17. Shot in hand, leg, and shoulder.

Austin Eubanks. Age 17. Shot in head and knee.

Corey DePooter. Age 17. Died. Shot in chest and neck.




Eric Harris. Age 18. Suicide.
Dylan Klebold. Age 17. Suicide.


For every life lost or taken....