The Tragedy
By Isaac Kaplan, age 11

In the graveyard,
The gravestones are silent
The people are even more silent;
This tragedy will leave many of us
With unhealable wounds
That only an angel can heal.
That, my friend, is the angel of hope,
An angel of light,
An angel named phoenix.
That angel will find you;
Together, we will rise up
Out of the dust,
Out of the ashes
And out of the dark.

Isaac Kaplan, 11, is a 6th grade student at The Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies.

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