Family Death Poem

Dedicated to my cousin Amanda. Just 17 years old, texting at the wheel of a car, ran off the road and hit a tree.

Goodbye

© Mike Brown
I'll never forget the times we talked
I'll never forget the secrets.
I keep them in my heart, they're locked.
All the times we shared so happily.

I'll always remember the way you laughed,
Your smile and your sent.
All the times we shared together
All the times that we spent.

Holiday get together's will never be the same,
without you there to share the joy.
To watch the kiddies grow and play
and their excitement of a new toy.

Now that you're gone
all we can do is cry,
because if love alone could have saved you
you never would have died.

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Published: Jun 2008

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  • how this has touched our family.
    we just lost a seventeen year old young man, that left the road, into a ditch, tree fell and crushed the cab of his truck.
    he had just finished texting.
    08-23-08

    aunt mary Submitted Aug 2008
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  • well my cousin was 9 & he died from carbon monoxide & I was really close to him & I wish god didn't take him he didn't even get to live half of his life RIP Farisi Ray Jackson Jr<3 we miss & love you

    Aaliyah, Indiana Submitted Mar 2011
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  • My cousin's boyfriend recently passed away,
    He was my family, practically my cousin!
    He also has a 5 year old daughter that's gonna grow up without a dad that she adored.
    Never said it but I only realized how big a part he was to my life!!
    This is a really beautiful poem, you be surprised what a few words can do for some people!!

    Charlie, Ireland Submitted 5/31/2012
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