Tribute to Campus Trendz Victims

Sadness and anguish ripped the nation apart

Horrendous crime stopped this loving employee’s heart

At 18 years old she had many plans ahead

Never expecting this demise and being counted dead

Now rescued and rushed for safety but she’ll be no ones wife

Ambulance took her away but the fire took her life

Killed hopes, killed plans and killed dreams,

Engulfed in the blaze and trapped in her screams

Lady only 24 who served her customers with care

Lost her life when careless thieves were there

In her fears she thought to hide, this can not be

She for some believed and screamed come rescue me

Her hopes died in a cloud of smoke

And she died when flames drew near a barrier broke

Nikita what a femme, caught many an eye

I see her chose life and would’ve never chosen to die

Killed at 23 in this unconscionable, diabolical deed

Inferno stopped her love for partying and hopes to succeed

Tattoos were like a trade mark they numbered eight

Alas no permanency they too have met this untimely fate

Kept all things colorful and bright

Enjoyed her 4 years old daughter, a bundle of delight

Loved being happy, she was lively and friendly too

Larcenists dimmed her brightest light when incendiary devices they threw

Yes just shopping like any other mother at 24

And fireballs thrown after robbing the place, what more

Now a motherless girl has been left behind

Now a mother is gone too soon at the hands of a heartless kind

True to her family who loved her very much

In life there are some souls with that special touch

For many she was such a person and 23 years of age

Folk loved her genuine smile, her caring, her absence of rage

And when she went shopping at the Campus Trendz that night

No one would have imagine her losing her life, it’s just not right

Yet another fair lady of stunning beauty

Pearl by name but no pearl as lovely

Eldest child of her parents although only 18 years old

Amanda many called her worked at the store we’re told

Rest in Peace fair ladies the Nation grieves for you

Life was taken from you too soon but your legacy brings legislation new