A Memorial

Facing the winding trail of humanity
I take a deep breath in and begin

Life has been taken
And life has been restored
Yet the two are not balanced

The hearts and souls of family and friends
Lay open, raw, bleeding

Two lives were taken
Young men at their prime
Children are lost forever
To the destruction of a curving bullet

I reach the circle of all my emotions
Of all humanities emotions
Words fail me
As I bend down and silently weep

I weep for lives lost
Lives who will never love, travel, father children
Who will never live into old age, who will never...

But I am pulled back, a comforting hand reminding me ...
This winding road has not ended

So we walk again, and I look back towards the center
Three rocks, three lives
One candle, one guiding light
And silently I hope for their peace

But I can not bathe in my grief
for doing so means that I am wasting the life I still have

So I find my way out of the winding trail of humanity
It it easier, I can picture all the things they never did but I will do
And I make a promise to live the life I have
I can do no less

Life simply is, and living is a part of life
So I smile and decide how I plan to live
Before my life's light is taken too