Together in our Hearts ~Dedicated to the family members of those murdered today~
Posted December 14th, 2012 by Cherrybomb
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December 15th, 2012
A/N: Dedicated to the members of the children and adults killed today in the school shooting. I wish I could have made this better, but here it is, mildly unedited, but in the flesh.
On a side note, this is fiction. None of this is real. But it is based on the school shooting. I don't know how people really felt.
Also, I don't men to offend anyone in any way. :P
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Your son…he-he didn’t make it. He’s gone.
The officer pats me sadly on the back and walks away.
No. I whisper. Numbness encases me, enclosing me in its shell. I feel nothing, and am oblivious to the shouts and sobbing surrounding me, the nip of the chilling December air.
He is gone.
He is gone.
A tear streaks down my cheek as I stare at the school building.
He is gone, and he will never be coming back.
I start to cry in earnest.
Didn’t make it…
I remember him hugging me as he left for school…So excited for a new day of learning, clutching his backpack, eager to begin the day. His tiny lips smiled a dimpled smile and his bright blue eyes had sparked with promise…
He is gone…
I should have kept him home…I should have known that this was going to happen…Why didn’t I make him stay? Why didn’t I know? If only I did, I could have saved him…
Gone…
I let out a sob of despair and collapse, feeling the rough texture of the pavement clawing my face as my body connects with the ground with a loud THUD. But I don’t care. I do not care, because for what does it matter? My world has crumbled, crumbled to dust because of death. The sweet, innocent death of one so young, one with so much promise and adventure ahead of him. Oh, my dear, dear son…
I close my eyes, despairing, remembering little Michael lecturing me happily over what he had learned one day…Don’t cry, Mommy, it doesn’t help anything….My sobs become whimpers, my convalescing breaths become small tremors in my body, and I slowly begin to calm down.
But—Michael! I return to a new round of sobbing, the tears blurring the world outside me. I can’t believe it, I cannot accept it, yet I know that Michael is dead and will not be coming back. He’s gone…
I am so cold, so cold; a piece of my heart has shattered, leaving the chilling blank void of sadness. I shiver in my tears, my arms trembling.
I can vaguely feel myself being lifted up onto my wobbly legs, and—oh!
Warmth! Warm arms encase me, and a blanket is laid over my shaking shoulders. I make out a soothing lullaby of whispers, calming me until I succumb into sleep.
“Mom,” Michael looked up at me happily, his chin sprayed with paint. He gestured to the painting he had made, lying gaily on the table. It pictured a rainbow, a glittering rainbow with wonderful hues of color; all encased in a bright read heart that stretched its way to the corners of the painting. On the very top of the rainbow, a little figure was standing, holding hands with a larger figure.
“That’s me, and that one’s you,” he pointed at the figures with his paint-coated hands, “We’re together—in our hearts,” he grinned, revealing the prominent gap between his teeth, “Do you like it?”
It was a rather sloppy, messy painting, but I loved it all the more.
“Yes, Michael, it’s a beautiful painting,” I smiled at him. He looked excited and pleased, a small blush of pride creeping on his cheeks.
I snapped awake on a comfy, plush bed, the white walls of a hospital shining towards me. Blinking, I glanced at my husband sitting in a chair besides my bed. He smiled, relieved, at my consciousness. He murmured, “You’re being treated for shock,” and gently pushed me back down in the bed. Shock? What—
Suddenly, everything came rushing back to me. My body chilled to the bone as I remembered Michael’s fate. He didn’t make it. He’s gone.
I would never see him again.
To my own surprise, I smiled, my heart full of bittersweet joy. For maybe he had passed on, but there was one thing I knew for sure. He would be with me forever…
“Together in our hearts,” I whispered.
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Oh my gosh ;~; That was so sad an beautifully written.
It's also so true . . . . I was crying in journalistic writing class when I read those articles. It's heartbreaking . . . .
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Thanks. :)
And yes, it's so sad. D:
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I heard about that..........it was so sad!!!!!! :'( My throat was tight and all...........my parents and I are trying to figure out how to tell my 6-year-old little sister about this :'(
~Cathy~
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Yeah. D: I feel bad for all those children.
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This piece ought to be published. It is very well-written, and so heart-warming :(
Do you think so? :D Thanks! :D
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I heard about this today. I can't believe some wacko would come murder twenty elementary school kids.
This story is very well-written, and it displays the emotion very well. Good job!
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This is so beautiful and sad. No CC. I don't know why anyone would kill innocent school children.
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Yeah, it's sad. ;_;
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That was freakin' beautiful. I literally am crying right now. :D
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Oh god, I cried.... absolutely amazing writing.... so sad....
Thanks! :) Yeah, I felt so horrible when I heard the news. ;_;
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That was so sad, so beautiful.
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I was worried to death about all those people murdered and their families... it was so sad... and why would someone murder a whole class of first graders on purpose?
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Oh my gosh. I am crying right now. That was so beautiful and touching... It really makes me think what life would be like if I lost a family member. I would probably have to be treated for shock, too. :P
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Really? I'm so glad! :'D (not glad about what could happen e_e...glad about how the story affects you as a reader...XD) Yeah, I would be treated for a lot of things beside that, maybe. Possibly throwing-things-at-people after-effects. xD
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