October 1, 2003

(this is a poem by my friend, Emily D.)

October 1,2003 is a day i wont forget,

its the day i really regret waking up to,

See on that day my Pepire died,

He was very dear and close to me,

See my pepire was a smoker,

When he started he didnt no it was all that bad,

But then he found out it indeed it was bad,

He tried to stop and then he finally did,

A couple years later,

He developed lung cancer,

He went in for kemo,

And lost all his hair,

We knew this would come,

But we didnt know when,

You see he was in the hospital for awhile,

And when he finally came home,

i remember it perfect,

he seemed to be fine,

For the next couple days,

It got worse and worse,

And then finally he got a coughing curse,

See i was there,

My grammie,mom,and aunt,

They tried to help him,

But it was too late,

My Mom called my daddy,

To pick up me and my brother,

We didnt want to leave,

But our choice was no other,

The next morning,

Right before school,

My daddy sat us down,

My mommy in tears,

I knew something was wrong,

I just had a feeling,

I looked up towards the ceiling,

When my daddy finally said,

\"Em,Sam... Pepire died last night\"

Sam was too young,

He didnt understand,

But i sure did,

From that day on,

I lost something very valuble to me,

A grandparent,

A family member,

Most of all,

A friend!