To Robert Who Died Early.... Poem by RIC BASTASA

Robert was my cousin
my classmate in elementary school
where we had fun
together

he died early due
to sickness and it gave
us grief

i remember him as
a happy person
selling fruits from the
farm
and when left unsold
we decided to eat them
all with so much
relish

such a giving person
with a free disposition


25 years passed and
i attended the family/clan reunion
as i was then away
from the country busy
with my work

and then i saw a face
much like Robert
a teen-age guy with a curly
hair and short built and
i asked him for his name
and he gave the name
Robert Jr.

how time passed me by
and how alive have memoried
become


Life is good and
beautiful and Life reminds
us that
it is still meaningful....