Some of you might remember my daughter is a Hokie. She is safe, thank God, but the pain and terror remains. One friend is dead and another struggles for life.
The Hokie Nation is gasping in horror and clinging tightly to each other. This poem was posted on a VaTech sports website by a UVA grad. We stand together in the wake of senseless violence.
Wind sweeps through the mountains,
Wiping away the innocence,
Tears stream like rivers,
Oh what senseless violence!
A nations heart is broken,
Youthful lifes hardly begun,
So many yet to have spread their wings,
So early to have stopped their run.
An act of utter cowardice,
A sensless attempt to hurt,
So many lives this has affected,
Optimism and hope left inert.
Today we are all Hokies,
No matter where we are from,
Though on the field we may be enemies,
Today we hold Virginia as our Home.
God Bless.
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It's Liz from I Speak of Dreams.
I am glad that your daughter is safe. I mourn for each of the dead.
My heart is full of happiness that your daughter was not physically hurt and so much sorrow for the senseless loss of life. I will include her in my prayers in the weeks to come. Years ago a friend and neighbor was the victum of violence and it changed my sense of peace and saftey forever.
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