For Newtown, Connecticut

Moon

As a blind man, lifting a curtain, knows it is morning,
I know this change:
On one side of silence there is no smile;
But when I breathe with the birds,
The spirit of wrath becomes the spirit of blessing,
And the dead begin from their dark to sing in my sleep.

—Theodore Roethke, from Journey to the Interior.

You can send cards to:

Sandy Hook Elementary School
12 Dickenson Dr.
Sandy Hook CT 06482