# With Broken Hearts

Author: zetasyanthis
Tags: Emotional, Pain, Poem

#5 of Poems

Written for the victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, Florida.
Originally posted at: http://zetasyanthis.dreamwidth.org/17405.html

With broken hearts we hold the line  
With broken hearts we tremble  
With broken hearts and broken minds  
we shall forev'r assemble.  
  
That hateful deed,  
the blood thus spilled,  
in name of rage and hate,  
it shall not be forgotten  
and time will make us great.  
  
And though we stagger  
and though we fall  
and though with bright blood flashing  
the hearts of those we leave behind  
another world will fash'n.  
  
No longer quiet, no longer mild,  
their anger and their sadness,  
will change the world we left for good.  
Their love will halt this madness.  
  
The fight for peace,  
the fight for love,  
the fight for understanding,  
these are the things we wept and cried  
and now have died for, dancing.  
  
Though we now rest,  
you must fight on;  
you must not let them break you.  
Rebuild the world we left behind  
and make us proud; we love you.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/0mvrr7qm
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