Within our hearts are planted the seeds
of your sweets memories
They are powerful and strong
Those memories will help us heal and grow on.

May we learn from this tragic senselessness
That nothing is ever solved
by hate and violence
May our lives teach us
to reach out in love and acceptance,
To see with eyes that look beyond
the surface
knowing we are more alike than we are
different.

May the scars of this pain
make us stronger
May all the questions asked
make us ponder…

How we can live in unity
How we can accept diversity
How we can teach love
How we can be one.

Your lives leave their mark
undeniably on our hearts,
Beautiful flowers that you are.