This is by far the longest poem I have ever written and the most heartfelt. Wrote it in 3 days, so I could read it graveside . To my nephew, whom at 28 years old , my baby sisters youngest son, was taken from us in a car accident on December 22, 2019. It was indeed like losing my own child. I was his Aunt Tree(Teresa) the person he told everything to.


Memories. Of a better time
Hold our hearts together today
You've left us with so many good ones
Wish we could hit rewind.. then play.

The smiles that danced across your face
When greeting someone you cared for
Will be, but one of your precious gifts
When we think of the face we adore.

That's not all you've left us. Your hugs
What a blessing to feel
Oh! Just one more would be……..
Wait a minute, none of this can be real!

If fairness in life is expected to be
Well, we all just got blatantly shafted
Because why? Would you be taken from us
One that God so beautifully crafted

Friends and family most important
You said," I want to be close to each one".
Why you are gone now, I don't understand
Cuz I know you were not done.

Love for others. You showed. To the max.
If they were ok you were to
No matter the turmoil, undoing
Maybe, boiling inside of you.

That sweet little white haired boy. I remember.
All boy you were so well
From saying a swear word behind mama's back,
To kiss my boo boo mommy, I fell.

Believing that kiss really healed it
So innocent, yet still wild and free
All the adventures created by you
You'd say,"I just wanna have fun and be...