Thoughts.... -- "A Song For Justin"

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Date Posted: 09:17:23 01/16/02 Wed
Author: Dwayne
Subject: Thoughts....

It�s been a couple of days now since I found out about what happened. My emotions have ranged from indifference to sorrow to disbelief to rage. I�ve printed out a picture of Justin and hung it on the wall of my cube.

Every time my eyes cross it, I see a smile, not just on his lips, but in his eyes as well. I can only imagine the happiness behind those eyes, the sadness, the mischief, the intelligence, the dreams and desires. And every time I look at it, that hole in my chest comes back, and grows a little deeper.

I see a fifteen year old boy in the prime of his adolescence, his life lay before him like a wilderness, unexplored, begging to be discovered, pleading to have it�s many paths trodden on by his feet. But, alas, it is not to be.

Justin, you�ve been taken from us. It doesn�t matter how it happened. The fact remains, you are not here with the people whose lives you have touched, those who love you. Even though you knew some people well, and others hardly at all, you touched each and every one of us in one way or another. For some of us, we realize only too late what a treasure we had in you, and grieve for not knowing you as well as we could have.

You�ve left a wonderful group of people behind, Justin. All miss you terribly. If it were physically possible, we�d gather somewhere and tell stories of your life, listen and learn again what a tremendous young man you were. But as it is, with the great distances that separate all of us, we do the best we can: We create this virtual memorial, where I find my feeble words failing to express the depths of our pain and sorrow- my pain and my sorrow.

I will never forget you, Justin. You�ll always be in my heart. You�ve touched me, like you�ve touched so many others across the world.

For what it�s worth, and if I may presume, I love you, my friend. Rest well, and rest peacefully.

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