Beautiful Shadow on A Yearbook's Page
love: Matt Francis
how do you say hello
to those new unyielding eyes
whose hope is set in you
yet can't tell you why he cries
how do you say what love is
when you've never felt so much
for these little feet
that mark the street
where sidewalk chalk has smudged
how do you say it’s all right
when he wakes up with his fears
though you feel so insecure
as you wipe away his tears
how do you say great job
though he missed the winning shot
tomorrow swells
with hopes new smells
as potential stirs the pot
how do you say I love you
as he takes his teacher’s hand
he looks so small
in school’s great halls
this seems uncharted land
how do you say goodbye
at the beginning of a life
son, brother, student, friend
his silence brings it’s knife
how do you say a word
to his name now etched in stone
the weight of loss
is too much cost
sliced a void here in our home
how do you say it’s all right
to his classmates and his friends
his smile that filled these hallways
lost
as we start to play pretend
so now I'll say his legacy
is ours to share through love
i see his face
as he takes his place
in the arms of God above
matt francis
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