For Zach (03/26/1985 – 06/27/2012)
Creative Voices
By Angelica Erskine / Contributor || Edited by Kayla Muller
You left me on a summer’s day
When warmth and light are one
When fish are jumping in the stream
Cattle graze, horses preen
And lizards worship sun
You left me on a summer’s day
And now you will never know
Summer breezes, changing seasons,
Snow sprinkled trees, red falling leaves
How it feels to be in love
You left me on a summer’s day
Yet it felt like winter in late June
My heart froze and then burst and broke
Like Grandma’s pipes
Under December’s fullest moon
On a summer’s day, you went away
And a cold sweat overcame me
like the black plague, there is no cure, no fee, no rune
That can save me from the world droning on
though you were gone, to a syncopated tune
You left me on a summer’s day
to test worlds I’ve yet to see
To fly away far and free
And here on earth, I am left behind
To ponder how and why
You left me on a summer’s day
To grieve your loss while crickets sing
July 4th, 2012, we buried your ashes
under the dogwood tree
Born my Prince died as King
With fireworks to send you on your way
You left us on that summer’s day.
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