LAUGH

(In Loving Memory of Stephanie)

Your laughter echoes
In memories and videos,
These things you left behind
Keep you alive until

We remember the truth.
Your heart beat stopped
Like a clock, forever frozen
In that last moment.

You were so funny,
Always cracking jokes,
Hating to be too serious,
Because life was meant to be lived.

Laughter aside, you were a warrior,
Fighting bullies, imbeciles, and demons alike.
I admired your strength of spirit.
You were truly one of a kind.

Why is it that the most beautiful hearts
Beat the loudest before falling silent
Far too soon, yet the hearts of monsters
Go on beating...