[HPFGU-Movie] in memory

[Valerie Flowe]

My sister just turned 30 and I can't imagine losing her at such a young 
age.
Suffering a long battle of physical handicap must have been difficult 
indeed. I'm sure that you will miss him though.
Did you write this poem? It's beautiful.
Valerie

On Jan 22, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Cabal wrote:

> My cousin died late last night, he was almost 30. He suffered from a
>  lifetime of cerebral palsy which kept him from walking, sitting, or 
> growing
>  properly, he suffered through a brain tumor and a lifetime of not 
> being able
>  to care for himself in almost anyway, a perfectly good mind stuck in a
>  broken body.
>
>  In memory of Dennis Michael Eck Jr.
>
>  There is always light;
>  whether it is the pin-prick star
>  in the inky cloak of night
>  or the white fire of day
>  blinding our site,
>  we are alight.
>
>  There is always light;
>  when hope abandons our lives
>  and fades quickly from sight
>  when we cannot see tomorrow
>  without a fight,
>  we are alight.
>
>  There is only peace;
>  when the war rages inside
>  and the pain will not cease,
>  when no measure of comfort
>  shall ever appease,
>  we will see.
>
>  There is only this;
>  a moment of joy in a lifetime
>  from a single gift,
>  and a moment of pain
>  when we are no longer with,
>  and we will miss.
>
>  There is the dawn,
>  to call the day forth
>  when we cannot go on,
>  and the day is not an option
>  for each one is too long,
>  we will be strong.
>
>  There is the day,
>  each one forth to be
>  taking some measure of pain,
>  and holding it at bay
>  though it will erupt again,
>  we will seize the day.
>
>  There is the night,
>  when rest comes from exhaustion
>  and a struggle ignites
>  to arise and move on
>  for each day is a fight,
>  we will fight.
>
>  There is hope,
>  from the gift a lifetime
>  to forever behold
>  and to remember each day
>  that which we can hold,
>  we have hope.
>
>  There is goodbye;
>  we can only hold on so tightly
>  to that which must fly
>  but always in the heart
>  and the mind
>  we say goodbye.