“Help” by Paul Yoon
April 29, 2021
don’t
forget
the day
students left
this earth
250 teens
don’t
have
a
future
their
future
like a mist
their last cries
help vanished
it wasn’t there
droplets of tears
from the parents
April 16, 2014
Never forget
Don’t
forget
Paul Yoon, of Nathan Hale High School, read this poem to open our 2020/21 SAL Presents event with Natalie Diaz on Friday, April 30, 2021. Written during the 2019/20 school year with WITS Writer-in-Residence Arianne True.