When A Young Man Dies

by

Phil Pochurek

When a young man dies
The world loses a potential father,
A mother and father’s son, a young lion.
His new life over before it had begun.
In every mans heart
There lies a seed that bears his name.
A reminder, a memory, of his journey, his strife
To show the world that he was here, that he came.
And had passion, purpose, a reason and a dream in this life.
To be passed on, to a young man, to a son.
To teach, to show, to learn, a simple plan.
How to get things done.
How to become a man.
How to live life and work hard.
How to grow and laugh and have fun.
How to start something and stay with it
See it through until its done.
How to love and respect a woman
So she’ll want to be his wife.
Bear his children and help him raise them
Stand beside him the whole of his life.
To become a husband and a father
So one day he may know
The joy of raising his own young man
To teach him with love and help him to grow.
When a young man dies
His mother’s heart is shattered
And pieces go missing from her bosom
Where he once laid his sweet head
To echo in her empty womb.
Where once this loving boy did reside
Seems only a moment, to be gone so soon.
When a young man dies
All suffer the pain and the knowing
And grieve at the loss and the fact
That they must remain while he’s going, on without them.
And won’t be coming back.
To a son, to a friend, to a loving boy.
In tears we all say our last good-byes
All too soon,so tragically undone.
When a young man dies.

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