A desk lies empty <br />A missing face to find <br />A child soon missed by some <br />Another life consumed by one <br /> <br />A classmate questioned <br />A missing child to find <br />While a desk lies empty <br />A hope dwindles with time <br /> <br />As a child's life once abound <br />A child's fate is now found <br />While a desk lies empty <br />A lifeless child is found <br /> <br />As questions of why arise <br />A time for tears to flow <br />While a desk lies empty <br />A prayer for a missed child we know <br /> <br />A quiet voice to miss <br />A child missed we know <br />While a desk lies empty <br />A question of why to know <br /> <br />A future now not to be <br />A tragic loss we are told <br />While a desk lies empty <br />An answer of why yet untold <br /> <br />A myriad of lives changed <br />Another youthful innocent lost <br />While a desk lies empty <br />At a life's innocence cost <br /> <br />A society believed so rich <br />And yet a life's worth so poor <br />While a desk lies empty <br />Another child's life's no more <br /> <br />A time to ponder a commitment <br />A life's question to answer <br />While a desk lies empty...<br /><br />Robert John Meehan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-memoriam-a-child-missed/
