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Soul in the Sky

October 21, 2010
By Joey Hicks BRONZE, St. Peters, Missouri
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The last chapter

came to an end.
Sad sorrows surrounded us all.
Death.

I wish the old days could have stayed.

You were
the man of the house,
a true friend,
a positive peer, now

a soul in the sky.


I remember

everyone was put first,
to you at least.
No one was left behind.

Care and love was your expression


I remember

when your chlorine coated scented skin reeked in the car.
Laughs blurted from our bodies,
even though the smell seeped into our noses

We didn’t mind.

I remember when-

your house was called “Tony and Angie’s,”
now just Angie’s.
As the darkness of diabetes hit hard.

We only have memories.

© Whitney T., Glenpool, OK

The author's comments:
These piece is about a really close family friend who past away about 10 years ago.
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