Two years to the Date

PHOTGRAPHY BY NETCHEM HAIRSTON

Two years to the date
I received a call that you left
There was no understanding in pursuit
No question that it wasn't theft


You didn't see it coming
And neither did our friends
You stayed strong for us though
and made us reseal our ends


Don't tell me you did no such thing
Just reminisce about the good times
That day on the beach I lost my glasses
But you stuck by me; an extra set of eyes


Sometimes we throw it away 
And say life sucks ass
Sometimes, we shed tears unknowingly
And wallow in our past


I know you prayed before you went to sleep
I know your time was due
But God knows why he took you from us
To see how easy a new day, without a good life can start anew. 


R.I.P SHANNON

R.I.P. ~*Sexii Shannon*~

MAN!!! The last two weeks of my life have been so _______....You fill in the blank! Just whatever you can get out of this rant!
It all started on September 30th when I stayed in the house and was paid a visit from an old HS friend.....too weird because he looked like he was still suffering through hormonally ruptured puberty!
Lol! he looked good though...not weird.... Just fuerte! But anyway! We chilled then I woke up the next morning to a phone call from mi amiga Netchem! and What she had to tell me was no news to start off a morning with.... From then on I think my body was drained of all the zeal and fervor I had that day!
It just so happens that one of our own "children" at the Brooklyn Children's Museum was murdered by her own cousin. I wont emphasize the details so research it if u want on your own! I was just so distraught. In all the years that I participated in the Museum Team program, I never imagined any such misfortune could come to our family in this form.
It just shows how the great can be snatched from your hands faster than the bad! The next few days hard for us all but never in my life have I seen so many teenagers band together to find the good in life. It shows how even adolescents can have a deeply evolved mental knowledge of cooping with situations. Even though we are marked as irresponsible, we find ways to make up for the nonsense!
So I just thought I should add in this note that I love you all so much! I love you Netchem, I love you Delissa, I love you Keon, I love you Carlos, I love you all within my heart! and how could I forgot the bosses of our furthered success Miriam, Ebon, Aiesha, Ahmed, and Roz! LOL!
I have lost family members and have never shed a tear but losing someone as genuine as Shannon has broken down my shallow mind into something that think Karpe Diem should b taken way more seriously these days. Not in a careless way though!
One thing I noticed about Shannon was that each day I saw her at the museum, she always had a new goal for the Day and she always had a song in her heart.... LITERALLY! lol. If she didn't see one day, the next day she'd give me a big hug and chat for a while! She was so focused so I just don't know how I can't miss her!
However, Just to let everyone know, if anyone close to me in the museum or my life period, died I would not hesitate to show part two of this sadness! The only reason why I can say I'm peaceful now is because I know deep within that Shannon is in a MUCH better place than I am!
To end off, this is what I can express to her soul now and forever!

• "R.I.P Ms. Shannon B!! and I promise the tears I shed for u from now on will only be of joy because i know within my heart that your in a MUCH better place now!!"