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I remember you fading in a playground frenzy,
Like the love and hate
Scribbled in the washroom stalls.
You wore a purple velvet hat
In September's warm glow,
And the same jacket as me;
Black with coloured flowers,
A zipper that always seemed to stick.
Young eyes squinting in the orange light of the sun;
You became one with the fresh air
While we only breathed it.
Your smile was wise and knowing.
You began to dance with one foot in heaven.
I remember a train of us running,
Our wild laughter the whistle.
I reached for your doll-like hand,
But this world had tired you too much to keep up.
Your mother's door remained boarded up
The day you were gone.
In my innocence I could not fathom
The empty running shoes in the hall,
The scent of the crayons
Once warmed by your hands.
But the longer I've roamed this place of uncertainty,
The better the pieces fit.
You may have been the catalyst
For my fear of death,
But you may too be
A disarming sting
In my empathetic heart.
He Will Be Remembered
A lone grave
Covered in weeds, trees and overgrowth
Lost deep in a Pennsylvania forest
A casualty of a war between brothers
One young man of many thousands who dies
A wooden marker marks its place
Did he fight to an honorable death?
Or did he die running from the fight?
Was he the first to die?
Or did he see his brothers in arms die before him?
Did he wear Union blue?
Was he dressed in pale Confederate grey?
His name long ago faded into time
Those who found his resting place
They may not know who he was or what he fought for
They do know that he died for his beliefs
They know he died a hero
They may not know who he was but he will be remembered