Sleep Now
Two months ago this morning
You awoke only to die.
You filled a room with sadness
As you closed the door behind.
With paraphernalia at your side
You took your last slumbering slide
Deep into a world of darkness
Without as much as a goodbye.
What did the Heroin offer
That life couldn't provide?
No doubting denials no answers demanded
Only errors for those left standing.
Gentle boy full of song
Why did you leave
So misunderstood?
Greatness comes to some
Others stumble along
Questions of our progress
Leave some disarmed.
Was it midsummer night screams
That awoke the addict's dream?
A battle almost won
When we lost you little one.
Sleep now.
For Matt 9/12/05
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Wasted
Talented smiling face
Empty shallow grace
Undignified weeping space.
Perplexities life dealt
Vacant lifeless pelt
Ghostly presence felt.
Loved Cherished Bold
Grieving ones consoled
Chi's tranquil hold.
Unanswered questions unfold
Unfulfilled dreams cold
Future goes untold.
for Matt 7/13/2005
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Wasted
Talented smiling face
Empty shallow grace
Undignified weeping space.
Perplexities life dealt
Vacant lifeless pelt
Ghostly presence felt.
Loved Cherished Bold
Grieving ones consoled
Chi's tranquil hold.
Unanswered questions unfold
Unfulfilled dreams cold
Future goes untold.
for Matt 7/13/2005
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Haunting Eyes
The first time I saw you tucked away in the back room
Strumming your guitar
You hardly acknowledged our being there
Looking up with haunting eyes, you gave us a stare
With a gentle smile and a nod of the head
Slowly I turned leaving you there.
Through the years with the same empty stares our paths would cross
Did you have something to say, but didn't dare?
I knew of your plight of near death that one day
and began prayers to help spare you in someway.
In February I hugged you goodbye,
when the Coast Guard had your eye.
Patting you on the back and looking into those eyes
I wished you good luck and asked you to take care
Saying come again anytime
you just stood there and starred.
On Tuesday the 12th I learned you were gone
silently tucked away all alone.
Those haunting eyes of the young man I knew
Drew me closer than ever as I thought of you.
Often your eyes fill my view
Did you have something to say?
To go back I'd do it again, but this time I'd make you grin.
I'd hold you and tell you it's okay
This world loves you and wants to hear you continue to play.
The photo in the obit shares the same face I see
As I look back on that summers eve when we first met.
Now older and wiser the photo depicts
a silent beauty of motionless conflict.
Dear Matt so loved by many
sweet child rest with God nearby
Angels will sing to the odes you will play
And the heavens will rejoice with you each and every day.
for Matt 7/20/2005
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Do You?
Do you leave us with a warning of stop before it's too late?
Do you leave us to question what is at stake?
Do you realize what grieving took place?
Do you know what pain and emptiness you left on that morn?
Do you know we'll grow old and think of you young each and everyday?
Do you watch us from heaven and wonder how you created this love?
Do you wipe a tear when you see us from above?
Do you know we'll miss you and think of you up among the stars?
Do you send us each day a smile from afar?
Do you?
for Matt 7/20/2005
Haunting Eyes
The first time I saw you tucked away in the back room
Strumming your guitar
You hardly acknowledged our being there
Looking up with haunting eyes, you gave us a stare
With a gentle smile and a nod of the head
Slowly I turned leaving you there.
Through the years with the same empty stares our paths would cross
Did you have something to say, but didn't dare?
I knew of your plight of near death that one day
and began prayers to help spare you in someway.
In February I hugged you goodbye,
when the Coast Guard had your eye.
Patting you on the back and looking into those eyes
I wished you good luck and asked you to take care
Saying come again anytime
you just stood there and starred.
On Tuesday the 12th I learned you were gone
silently tucked away all alone.
Those haunting eyes of the young man I knew
Drew me closer than ever as I thought of you.
Often your eyes fill my view
Did you have something to say?
To go back I'd do it again, but this time I'd make you grin.
I'd hold you and tell you it's okay
This world loves you and wants to hear you continue to play.
The photo in the obit shares the same face I see
As I look back on that summers eve when we first met.
Now older and wiser the photo depicts
a silent beauty of motionless conflict.
Dear Matt so loved by many
sweet child rest with God nearby
Angels will sing to the odes you will play
And the heavens will rejoice with you each and every day.
for Matt 7/20/2005
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Do You?
Do you leave us with a warning of stop before it's too late?
Do you leave us to question what is at stake?
Do you realize what grieving took place?
Do you know what pain and emptiness you left on that morn?
Do you know we'll grow old and think of you young each and everyday?
Do you watch us from heaven and wonder how you created this love?
Do you wipe a tear when you see us from above?
Do you know we'll miss you and think of you up among the stars?
Do you send us each day a smile from afar?
Do you?
for Matt 7/20/2005
