To The Massacred Children From Oklahoma To Scotland Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

You are the salt in our sea of humanity
You bring delight to our eyes as you play
and giggle at the little wonders in life.

At the bottom of our lonely ocean
you spring forth as the seed of hope
for our future, the salt of innocense
from whom we all can learn from.

You are the salt in our sea of humanity
A priceless gift to life: growing, waiting
a taste of delight to our tongues and lonely
hearts, unfolding beauty at each sunny day.

You are salt in our sea of humanity-
in our cold, polluted ocean of disease,
violence, grief and sadness
Removed from our ocean, you are
sacrificed for cleansing our own filth.

Our sea of humanity, our sick, mad ocean
shall always look back to you-you,
the massacred children from Oklahoma to Scotland.
You, the salt in your innocense and beauty
shall over dwell over the face of our cold humanity.