{"id":552,"date":"2018-04-19T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markgunterphotography.com\/abo\/?p=552"},"modified":"2018-04-03T20:52:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T01:52:39","slug":"in-memoriam-shards-of-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markgunterphotography.com\/abo\/in-memoriam-shards-of-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Shards of Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shards of Glass<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Deadening silence follows the blast,<br \/>\nRecalling memories of violence past.<br \/>\nBeirut bombings, Trade Center broken,<br \/>\nOklahoma City, how rudely awoken.<br \/>\nGray moss rubble dances on steel,<br \/>\nPleading children for mothers appeal.<br \/>\nSkeleton stands with skin so shed,<br \/>\nIn these ruins, how many dead?<br \/>\nHow can it be, and why was it here?<br \/>\nWhere are friends, loved-ones so dear?<br \/>\nAll around people try to grasp,<br \/>\nLives reflected in shards of glass.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 19, 1995, I was fulfilling my obligations as a student teacher in a history class in a Norman middle school. My mentor was out that day, attending a meeting in Oklahoma City. This particular hour was the AP History class and, for this day, I was not scheduled to teach. As the students settled in, the relaxed mood of the morning shifted dramatically. A few students were called out of the classroom as we gathered around a television that had been brought in to show a film to the class. After checking with the appropriate administrators, we turned on the news and watched those early moments of coverage.<\/p>\n<p>My memory for the details are not as clear as they once were. I know that at least one student, possibly two, lost loved ones that day. It would not be long before I began to recognize other people I knew shedding tears of grief during the coverage. At the time, it was the worst possible way I could imagine being taught how to deal with tragedy in an educational setting.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I mentioned on Facebook that I was thinking of sharing some of the poetry I used to write prolifically along with a related photograph. As I searched back for a collection of poems I put together during another difficult time in my life, I came across this piece, written while the emotions were still raw.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Never Forget<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shards of Glass Deadening silence follows the blast, Recalling memories of violence past. 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