Columbine

 COLUMBINE

Columbine was in '99.

That seems long ago, like a lifetime.

Long enough to go through childhood.

Long enough to go through grade school.

Long enough to go through high school.

Long enough to go through college.

Long enough to start a career,

            Get married,

                        Have some kids.

Columbine was a distant time,

            A quarter century and more.

Long enough to live a life.

Unless you were one of those kids

At Columbine in '99.