Like stars that live then die their fiery death, <br />you, sister, ripped from me so suddenly <br />departed long, too long, no words, no breath <br />to say goodbye to loving family. <br /> <br />Your child lives remembering the pain, <br />that unexpected moment set by Fate <br />to snip your living thread to dust again <br />that chance demanded on this summer's date. <br /> <br />We watch in agony you, lifeless, still, <br />your body, cold, though memories still warm, <br />a soul dispatched too long before its will <br />to leave unknown by those who did you harm. <br /> <br />So long as life and hope in me reside, <br />not one shall e'er forget this day you died.<br /><br />Lorenzo Costigliolo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-memoriam-sonnet-87/
