Never Forgotten.

My cousin, my aunt, a friend from school, another aunt, and now a close friend we called 'Bubba'. May they Rest In Peace Forever.

The good die young.

They may be gone,

but they will never ever be forgotten.

Loved by many.

Missed deeply.

 

Death sucks for all the living.

But those gone have a better place to live.

 

R.I.P.

Andrea "Gay" Spence/ Jan. 2012, 34 years old. heart attack

Janet "Aunt Janet" Young/ July 1012 , 62 years old. heart attack

Michael "Blondie"  Lay/ Sept. 2012 , 17 years old. car wreck

Lucille "Aunt Cille" Gartman/ June 2013, 80 years old. never recovered from car wreck

John "Bubba" Brannon/ Feb. 2014, 20 years old. seizure in tub and drowned

Author's Note

R.I.P. ....

Reviews

[Pratik]

I am sorry for your loss! But somebody said death is just a new beginning! Its another metamorphosis! "But those gone have a better place to live." You have developed an acceptance of this reality that many difficult to grasp! Nice work!

[Chesney W.]

thanx

[Coyote Poetry]

It does seem we lose the good people too soon. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Good to remember the kind people in a life with words and thoughts. A excellent poem.
Coyote

[Chesney W.]

thank you.

[The Analog Kid]

Sorry for your losses. A little poetry does help sometimes...

[Chesney W.]

thanx

[Zachary_James]

I'm so deeply sorry for the loss. Stay strong!

[Chesney W.]

thanx, i really needed for someone to tell me that.

[That_Guy]

Thanks for sharing, well done.

Michael B. 08/26/2012 45 years of age Cancer

[Chesney W.]

thank you and I am sorry for your loss as well.

[That_Guy]

I appreciate it

[Issac Scott]

Yeah, I know this feeling all too well. I miss my grandmothers dearly. Thanks for sharing.

[Chesney W.]

no problem. Losing someone close hurts really bad.

[Issac Scott]

That it does. But really, death is just as much a part of life, as life itself. After all, in a sense, from the moment we are born we are moving one step closer to our grave, each and every second. The hard part is dealing with the death of your loved ones, and accepting the fact that one day we ourselves will die.

[Chesney W.]

yea, youre right. you know what? we have had people dying forever, every one knows its coming, but yet we still have not learned how to deal with it.

[Issac Scott]

Yeah, I don't think it's possible for us. Sometimes it really just doesn't seem fair that we are born to die, but a lot of things aren't fair. Maybe there is more to life and death than anyone can imagine.

[Chesney W.]

maybe so.. but no one will ever know until they die. I believe that if you're saved, then you're going to Heaven. so many of my family will be seeing me there walking the streets of gold when I die. Why do people threaten Christains with death? nobody can threaten me with death, because when I die I'm going to a much better than this place on earth. can I get a 'Amen' ?

[Issac Scott]

Well, as for a guy like me, I'd like to believe that things will be good for everyone when we die, maybe even some people that many would wish the worst for: Osama,Suddam,etc.

[Chesney W.]

yea... well you know, theres Heaven and Hell..

[Issac Scott]

Well...I presonally believe that God wouldn't throw any of his children into a terrible place like that...Bible says he made that for the devil and his angels...But i guess that's a really big discussion and there's no real answers. I just think God - who is supposed to be our father- would never eternally damn his children.

[Chesney W.]

well see, when kids misbehave, what do you do? you punish them. that's why God sends some to Hell, they have sinned and not asked for forgiveness.

[Tom]

This was very raw, I felt acceptance mixed with lingering anger. The lines read as statements or declarations and although simple in composition and language have a gravitas that you can sense from that unfiltered emotion. I don't know if I would say I enjoyed the poem, it left me conflicted as I understand the depth of it, but I struggle to empathise, not because I cannot draw on similar experience but because it feels so fresh in how it exposes the wounds of loss. I believe this is a difficult emotion for anyone to touch outside of the direct experience that causes them (unless they are experiencing events of a similar nature at the time of reading) because time allows it to fade to a different kind of hurt and to me at least, that pain is a different one from that expressed in the poem. I liked the poem though it certainly got me thinking :)

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Saddest events are the close deaths, people who mean alot to us....

well written..

[Chesney W.]

thanx.

[Wolf]

Very emotional and you said exactly what happens in our days...
The best thing to do is to smile and remember your lost ones in their good moments :)

I'm so sorry for your loss. May them rest in peace. They will surely watch over and take care of you ^_^

[I'm Just me:)]

if he saw us crying he would be trying to make us laugh come on i wish i could have seen him just once more

[Chesney W.]

i know what you mean,, and we have to remember that Michael is in a better place now.

[I'm Just me:)]

yea thats true....but remember i will always miss him

[Chesney W.]

everyone will.. it's not just you.he is deeply missed by everyone,,even though these idiots in out class don't act like they do, deep down they miss him.

[Chesney W.]

our*

[I'm Just me:)]

yea i know but it really upsets me me and him were very close