Death of a Seventeen Year Old

We had her for seventeen years
Now we shed a flood of tears
Her smile her ***** we’ll miss
Remembering her life today

We talk about her qualities
We share her memories
With family, friends and enemies
This cold, winter, rainy, December day

A text went out to a friend
A stop sign went unnoticed
A crash took her life
A phone call around midnight

A church, gymnasiums fill with folks
To honor and lament her death
My daughter, sister, cousin, friend
Her memory we celebrate
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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December 19, 2010 at 3:10 PM
A young girl my kids went to school with died and her death has shocked and saddened many. Her funeral was packed. I wrote this after I got home sadden, but thinking's about my 4 young ones.
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December 19, 2010 at 6:05 AM
May her memory ever be etched in your psche. Your poem has hallowed her days! May her presence be deeply felt during this hallowed season!
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December 19, 2010 at 2:22 AM
Very sad and touching poem Barbara.Very sorry that you have gone through such painful experience.-kashinath
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