In Memory of Sandy Hook Elementary: New Angels Play In Heaven

I just don't understand the cosmic significance of that day.

So many innocent lives lost

Now 22 new angels in heaven play

Why did someone demand such a cost?

Was it to remind every parent in the world

Every day spent with their children is a gift

That every night we should hug them tight

And pour our love in every goodnight kiss.

Was it to remind us all

To say our prayers at night

To ask God for his protection

Of our most precious delights.

Why do new angels in heaven play?

Was it really their time

Why couldn't their parents have

One last moment to say goodbye

Why did the actions

Of a careless one

Make so many cry

When that fateful day was done

New angels in heaven play

May their souls know eternal peace

And may God have mercy on us all

And make this madness cease.