You went, <br />A name without a face, <br />A name on everyone's lips, <br />Saying `Never more to pass unchallenged <br />Through the huddled halls of a high school', <br /> <br />Saying his parents had the strength of God and Hercules, <br />For him lying with his diploma <br />And flying his wings. <br /> <br />When you were young <br />Could you have ever known how <br />You would bring whole sobbing towns into a single room <br />To remember you and sing your praise, <br />Or how even strangers would shave their heads for you? <br /> <br />And now you are gone.<br /><br />Patrick O'Reilly<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tribute-to-a-dead-stranger/
