A Fallen Friend Poem by Laquory Jones

Lately it's just been pouring rain as I walk amidst slippery
Terrain Life has hit me with everything Have you ever felt as
If you lost everything well I have and plenty more
A few friends has died since we last talked before
And it still hurts me to my core Emotions are becoming too
Raw to be ignored I know I've never been perfect
It's getting harder to keep myself above the surface
It just seems as if I'm treading water not enough treading
On these tires but inside me I can feel a fire especially
When backs are against the ropes and life becomes dire
For you Chrissie I'm igniting lighters and I still can't get
Over you dying less than a month ago what a wonderful
Soul you always were Life blinks and soon it all becomes
An distant blur How many human beings really can concur

I would always look out for you even if you were considered
My Elder but I never wanted to fail you I sent you a poem
On August first I would always try to converse because
Life is a fragile thing here today and gone tomorrow
The saying thus holds truth so many emotions that I'm
Struggling to get through it has only gotten harder
Without you sometimes I wish that we could still talk too
I regret that we didn't always talk though you were going
Through your own things and I was trying to be creative
Artistically never knowing that we was on precious time
I sent you that poem " More To Life" hoping that you would
Love it and provide your insight and you did that very night
Saying it was truly beautiful hold on wait tears beginning to
Overflow at night my mind just seems to go at top speed

So much inner pain that I'm fighting I become emotional
Because I couldn't make it to your actual funeral it was truly
Unintentional but I did make it to your memorial your soul was
So sensual I admired your perseverance and guidance,
You were always vibrant your intelligence and versatility
Never knew gravity lately I have felt as if I'm unraveling
I have never been able to deal with tragedies
I've never could perfect that strategy

Losing you is so sad to me especially when we had
Talked not that long ago so for you this song I wrote
You were and always will be my Beacon of Hope
My light within the setting suns this is not an ending
But our new journey has now begun no parting of ways
You're now the Star shedding it's light on every path
That I take my unbreakable faith with in me is all the
Wisdom that you gave you taught me about grace
Through the love that you gave said " Richie never change"
And I'll do the same" as I look at pictures of you in the
Frames I can't help but to think if only you didn't suffer
Through that fate what would you be doing today
I'll admit that it eats through my conscience to the point
I just get nauseous knowing that the earth has lost one of
The greatest human beings to ever walk upon this earth

Rest in peace
Chrissie
8/19/2018