Unexpected, Uninvited,
If art imitates life
In death; is there a portrait?

I can’t see the image
Staring back at me....

In just one year....
I’ve met these deaths
On many occasions still....

I can’t see the image....
Or understand the interpretation.....
But the one that sticks out....

My "boy"...Ramone.... just sixteen!...
Dies over the "Color"...
Over same "Blue Rag" that I once dawned!!!

Was there something more I could have done??
Something more I could have said??
Am I to Blame?? I dont know.....

If art imitates life.......
How in life can art.....
Portray death??....

I think in mourning
We must express
What we can never
Ever, ever, understand!

And the only thing missing…
Is the poet.....Ramone....

March 13th, 2005
9:37pm

Rest in peace to the friends I've lost over the past year.

Ramone Rosado DoD - June 3rd 2004
Justin Wells DoD - October 10th 2004
Shannon Paye DoD - January 25th 2005
Sam Xiethavong DoD - January 25th 2005