A Farewell To Lawrence

We suffer in silence yet our hearts bleed out loud We hope our hearts, keep our feelings sealed yet our eyes reveal what our heart tried to conceal We Fight for Strength We Battle for Bravery We clutch our hearts and threaten to die for the pain that builds inside To say we miss you would be a lie, for that in itself is an understatement We feel emptiness creep upon our souls, as winter does an autumn tree We are like flowers waiting to bloom, like a light bulb in a dark room We stand still in different places waiting..... We wait for your sweet kisses to clear away fallen tears To hear you call to tattle on your little sister for beating you up. Or just to say "I Love you Mom, and I miss you." To hear you say "Hey dipstick" (a crazy nickname you gave me). To listen to you go on and on just to say "Alex these girls be crazy." We watch for your shadow to emerge as you walk about in our shops to chew da fat with Dad, and listen as he gives words of encouragement and wisdom You spread your love like birds in flight You flashed those pearls and made everything bright To countless you touched for many called you family But, to us you were our HEART, the missing link to our jig saw puzzle Your presence was made, Your absence is surely missed SLEEP WELL EL NINO