By: Cedric McClester

The world may not know
Who he was,
But a man should be measured
By what he does.
In a world full of takers,
It’s rare indeed,
To find someone that unselfishly
Helps others in need.

Melvin Jackson was
That kind of man.
He did what he could,
To extend his hand,
To friends and neighbors
And needy strangers,
Those in which
He had  human exchanges.

Mel road aboard
The Straight Shooter express
He told you what he thought
No one ever had to guess
What he was thinking
Because he’d confess
Whether you liked it or not
He got it off his chess

Many times I called him
Just to say hello,
That would set him off
Invariably he’d want to know,
“What do you want?’
I’d respond, “There you go!
All I wanted to do,
Was to simply say hello”
















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