Dear Sharon...

 
I'm sittin' here lost
in introspection again...

But then,
This isn't an aberration
I've a tendency to gaze
into the haze of yesterday's

I can  see a time when
when we were young n'
time promised futures
filled with joy n' love
but then...

Nothin' but life happened
just so happens, far too soon
you became distant,
distant from family, inside
I hadn't known within you
such great pain loomed,
felt like  you bloomed
too soon into an adult,
wasn't your fault...

seemed you
needed to get away
yet away, things never
seemed to go your way...

Estranged, our  family
so full of love, never
saw the error in the day
that day we didn't extend
our hand to grab hold
to console your troubled
soul...now there's another
hole in the fabric of our
clan...

I'm disgusted I lost my
eyes, those bindin'
ties of concern for ALL
the members of our Fam.

N' I'm so very sorry
my beautiful yet,
troubled cousin, Sharon
although,  thru passin'


I'm grateful you no longer
suffer a life wrought with
the stain of disdain n'
little to help you rise above

The pain, the sadness,
the disillusion could've
been reduced greatly,
had you truly felt that
precious gift, of an entire
family filling you up...


with an abundance of
understanding n' LOVE.





*R.I.P. cuz, wish I realized
how much sadness n pain
you were battling with. *