I remember changing diapers When you were about two Remember some of the capers You'd get yourself into
One such caper comes to mind We'd all been down to nap It's been one I'd like to rewind Because to me, naps were crap
If just one of us were awake You never would have made the climb Resulting in a sick mistake Losing before your prime
Whenever you became a man Gone away was the clown I even became your big fan Though I am not around
You went and became a soldier And still I'm not around Circumstance after another Brought me back into town
I befriended you on face book To keep myself in touch With my computer I can look See how you are and such
To share about myself in turn My plans to reconnect, soon took a dive For today, at four o'clock I learned You no longer are alive
I wrote this shortly after learning that he passed... And then the following day one of the poets on all poetry had a contest going... After taking a minute, I decided to enter.. His comment was that he had no idea that this particular contest would be hard to judge.... Not only that, he said that all of the poems pulled at him...