Poem

I WROTE THIS PERSONALLY FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF THE ORLANDO SHOOTING.

FEEL FREE TO PASS ALONG...

KARL KLOEPFER

RAINBOWS END

IN THE DARK OF NIGHT, A SHADOW DID FALL

UPON A TOWN, A CITY, BEAUTIFUL TO ALL

DARKNESS CAME WITH, FLASHES OF LIGHT

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN RUNNING, AS IF IN FLIGHT

SOME LAY SILENT, SOME REMAIN SILENT STILL

DARKNESS CAME NOT TO DANCE, BUT CAME TO KILL

HEROES...MANY WERE BORN THAT NIGHT

THEIR FINGERS ON THE PULSE, SAVED THOSE IN FRIGHT

OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHOM WE LOVED AND ADORED

THEIR BEAUTY SILENCED, THEIR VOICES NO MORE

DID CAUSE THIS CITY BEAUTIFUL, THIS SOLEMN TOWN

TO GATHER TOGETHER...DEAR GOD, THEIR LOVE ABOUND

IN VIGIL, IN PRAYER AND IN SOLITUDE WE CRIED

AS WERE REMEMBER THE 49, ALL WHOM HAVE DIED

AND DIED THEY ALL, TO BE BORN AGAIN

IN HEAVEN ABOVE, AT THE RAINBOW'S END.

Karl Kloepfer...author

June 21, 2016