I never met you but all to often people touch other people's lives in ways unknown to them and nobody's life is a waste.I read this story on the home page of PoemHunter titled Requiem for Abeng, Secret Sportsman Village Poet on 3/13/2009 World News Story.I hope my haiku honors this humble person...too bad his words weren't captured and written down. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Flowers lose petals <br /> <br />always a shadow known by <br /> <br />windy memories<br /><br />Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/remembering-pareng-abeng-haiku/