Now I know

[Frankie]

What poets do. Inspiring words at the end of VA Tech memorial service:

"We Are Virginia Tech
We are Virginia Tech
We are sad today
And we will be sad for quite a while
We are not moving on
We are embracing our mourning
We are Virginia Tech
We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly
We are brave enough to bend to cry ...
And sad enough to know we must laugh again
We are Virginia Tech
We do not understand this tragedy
We know we did nothing to deserve it
But neither does a child in Africa dying of aids
Neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by a rogue army
Neither does the baby elephant watching his community being devastated for ivory
Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water
Neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of night in his crib in the home its father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destablized
No one deserves a tragedy
We are Virginia Tech
The Hokie nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds
We are strong and brave and innocent and unafraid
We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be
We are alive to the imagination and the possibility
We will continue to invent the future
Through our blood and tears
Through all this sadness
We are the Hokies
We will prevail
We will prevail
We will prevail
We are Virginia Tech

-- Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English, VPI&SU"

 

[USMCRanchGirl]

There are just no words for it.

 

[Ryder]

I saw the service on TV. The poet was very good. Her words helped remind me that bad thngs happen to others and in other nations as well. I think we think we are the world. Tragedy-yes. But in the bigger perspective I think we should be thankful for how good we usually have it. And remember to have compassion for others when they have problems not of their making.

 

[chrisy]

I saw the service on TV. The poet was very good. Her words helped remind me that bad thngs happen to others and in other nations as well. I think we think we are the world. Tragedy-yes. But in the bigger perspective I think we should be thankful for how good we usually have it. And remember to have compassion for others when they have problems not of their making.

:clap:

 

[vs_cattle]

I dont have all the facts but whats up with him killing the first victims in the dorms then having the time to go to the actual class area and take more lives? Would the college lock down the campus or something? Im sorry for the loss of life and the families that took the loss you guys are in my prayers :heart: