61800
years from now
children will continue to gather in school rooms
enduring September changes
digesting letters from the alphabet
along with their peanut butter sandwiches
patent leathered feet
swaying to and fro from cavernous school desks
although your name will not appear in history books
as an author of great literary works
or
as a champion of skilled athletic events
those of us whom you’ve touched from arms length
and black and white obituary newsprint
will never again search through dictionaries
discovering the word
"angel"
without seeing your face within its description
those conceived in love can never really leave us
will never
really leave us
loved from arms length
and black and white obituary newsprint
never forgotten
never anonymous
