I wish I had known you
Because you must have
Brightened everyone’s life.
Your laugh was contagious
Much like the disease
That claimed your life.
You were abandoned
By your family and by God
Some might say,
But you had hope
That springs eternal.
We can never forget
That hope can be everyone’s
If we just believe
In little girls like you,
Inspirations to people
Like me that have never
Known such abandon and pain.