In Memory Poem

December 1, 2002 A Day I Will Never Forget

It's been many days and I still cannot forget you face,
I see it smiling at me on all my troubled days,
It's been many nights and I can still hear your laugh,
It echoes in my ears when pain is all I feel,
It's been many months and I still see you by my side,
You hug me on days when I feel I can't get by,
It's been almost a year and I still can't figure out why,
Why you felt the need to die,
Try to think of what I could have done to change your fate,
But as time goes on I feel as though it's to late,
To late to think about what I could have done different,
To late to take all the pain away that you must have felt,
3 months later and I still can't grasp the fact that you are gone,
I expect to see you running free when summer starts,
Expect to see you on the porch cracking jokes about me,
Expect to see you at the playground trying to be with me,
But I won't,
I won't see you,
Talk to you,
Or for that matter even hear you,
Because you're gone,
And not at the hands of God,
But at the hands of you,
17 was just to young,
I miss you to much to even say in words,
So instead I'll pray for God to be easy on your soul.

R.I.P Haikeem 03-01-85 to 12-01-02