Tristanne Staudt – Green High School

Many Lives Were Lost

World War Two. The Holocaust.
Jews, Catholics, Blacks, Gays
Many lives were lost
Has it really changed today?
Many lives were lost.

1985. Air India Flight 182.
Terrorist places a bomb with the bags
Today, three hundred twenty nine people flew
Then three hundred twenty nine toes had tags.
Many lives were lost.

October 2005. Iraq
U.S. fires and Iraqis retaliate.
20001ives have now been racked
Thousands of civilians must commiserate
Many lives were lost.

September 11, 2001. Twin Towers
Two planes into two steel cores
All for what? A little power?
Ceilings come toppling to the floors.
Many lives were lost

Present Day. Middle East
Arabs versus Israelites
It's constantly a killer's feast
Flying blood and bullets that bite
Many lives were lost.

So what have we learned?
Do these genocides have a goal?
What does any killer earn,
But infamy a large death toll
So many lives are lost.

It's important to recollect
What we have lost
If we ever want to collect
and come together to shape the future
Many less lives will be lost.