We Mourn the Loss
By Chris Acone
We mourn the loss
And celebrate the special life
Of a friend gone too soon
His smile, his humor
His tireless friendship
His good soul
His comforting touch
So many memories
We feel blessed to have known
So radiant a soul
And shall never forget
He was a friend to all
And missed by so many
His absence will be felt
But his impact becomes all the more apparent
His death so fresh an open wound
But his life so powerful a message
Listening in a church pew
Joyous stories thick with sorrow
I wonder how I’d be recalled
If I were to die tomorrow
Could I overfill a church, as he has?
Would as many pray for me?
Would good deeds and kind actions
Dominate common memory?
I sigh and sadly shake my head
For I know that as of now
I haven’t lived my life nearly as he did
Though he showed me how
His life and not untimely death
Will prove most impactful yet
And blinking back tears I resolve
To follow the example Queenan set