"Let Us Remember" by the Editor

Let Us Remember

Steven Wittenberg Gordon 
                               For Las Vegas

May the name of the man who caused

the murders and mayhem be erased

from history.  Such evil deserves not a place

in our collective brain.  Instead 

let us remember the lady who surrendered

her pickup without hesitation

to be used as a makeshift ambulance. 

Let us remember the police

who bravely ran toward the gunfire

and the SWAT team that stormed the building. 

Let us remember the fireman who continued

to provide first aid though he himself needed aid. 

Let us remember the hundreds of strangers

who risked their lives to help other strangers. 

Let us remember the thousands who came together

for a candlelight vigil to pray

for the dead and their families.

Let us remember the goodness, the kindness,

the courage, the decency, and the selflessness.