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Enya's "Fairytale", Military March Mix
(From her album, The Celts.)
We pray for the children
who sneak popsicles before supper,
who erase holes in math workbooks,
who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those
who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
who can't bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,
who never "counted potatoes",
who are born in places where we wouldn't be caught dead,
who never go to the circus,
who live in an X-rated world.
We pray for the children
who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions,
who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money.
And we pray for those
who never get dessert,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who can't find any bread to steal,
who don't have any rooms to clean up,
whose picture aren't on anybody's dresser,
whose monsters are real.
We pray for children
who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food,
who like ghost stories, who shove dirty clothes under the bed
who never rinse out the tub,
who get visits from the tooth fairy,
who don't like to be kissed in front of the car pool,
who squirm in church or temple and scream in the phone,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at and
whose smiles can make us cry.
And we pray for those
whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who have never seen a dentist,
who aren't spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
who live and move, but have no being.
We pray for the children
who want to be carried and for those who must,
who we never give up on
and for those who will grab the hand of anybody kind enough to
offer it.
| Natalie Brooks | student | age 12 |
| Paige Ann Herring | student | age 12 |
| Stephanie Johnson | student | age 12 |
| Brittany R. Varner | student | age 11 |
| Shannon Wright | teacher | age 32 |
This is in memory of the children and teacher killed in the shooting on Tuesday, March 24,1998 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Please send this to everyone you know because this is how it was sent to me and if this gets to the town of Jonesboro, I'm sure they will be grateful to know that we all care.
Larry White, Jr.Author unknown.
Added to Midnight Moonlight Madness Wednesday June 24, 1998.
Last updated Thursday March 1, 2018.
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