My youth kids in Pennsylvania are so talented. One in particular has always been dear to my heart (as they all are), and he recently wrote a poem that he shared with me tonight. It is so beautiful!

Why take the boy

So innocent and young

Why take the breath from a life

That has not yet begun

His feet were as light

As the joy in his heart

His laughter would end

From the same place it would start

But what had he done

To deserve such a fate

Why should he be punished for a love

So unfailing and great

The one single fault

That he ever had

Was to bring life to the family

Joy to his mom and dad

He can not be gone

He was so few in years

Why should his life be remembered

With our sorrow and tears

It’s not fair that his absence

Should leave such a dark empty space

Why did it have to be Logan

I would have walked in his place

But what we all must remember

With our hearts and spirits so dampened

Is that he is walking and talking

With both his fathers in heaven….

R.I.P

Logan Mitcheltree

Age 9

(1995-2004)

You are never forgotten.