WHEN A LOVED ONE HAS PASSED
THOSE SILENT CRIES
ARE AWAITING WITHIN THE NIGHT
AS A YOUNG BLACK CHILD SHEDS A TEAR
ONLY BECAUSE HIS GRANDMOTHER HAS PASSED AWAY
AS HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND WISHES THAT SHE WERE HERE.
MANY TIMES AT NIGHT
SHE WOULD TUCK HIM IN
BEFORE SHE KISSED HIS PRECIOUS FACE,
BUT NOW THAT SHE HAS PASSED
HE FEELS A CERTAIN EMPTINESS WITHOUT HER LOVING EMBRACE.
SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE
JUST LIKE A HAND WITHIN A GLOVE
AND AS SHE CLOSED HIS BEDROOM DOOR
HE KNEW WITHIN HIS HEART THAT HE WAS TRULY LOVED.
AS TIME PASSED ON
HE COULD STILL RECALL THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS
BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY
AND AS HE LOOKED TO THE HEAVENS
HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND PRAYED.
WHEN A LOVED ONE HAS PASSED
THE MEMORIES WILL SURELY LAST
AND AS THE YOUNG BLACK CHILD LOOKED UP ABOVE
HE KNEW WITHIN HIS HEART
THAT HIS GRANDMOTHER LOOKED DOWN ON HIM WITH LOVE.
MELVIN DOUGLAS McCLAIN JR.
TIME:3:00p.m.
DATE:4/14/97
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