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Goodbye Logan
GOODBYE LOGAN
Mother Teresa said we are all but a drop in the ocean and we need to coexist
For if even one drop was no longer there it surly would be missed…
I mentioned just the other day amidst the Wieners, war and strife
A 2 year old boy named Logan and the story of his life.
As best man at his parents wedding- I was taken by his charms
Yesterday, I’m sad to say he died in his mother’s arms.
I did not know little Logan, his mother or his Dad
Then why does the news of his passing make me feel so sad?
Many people I don’t know die each and every day
Why should a boy I never knew affect me in this way?
Perhaps I didn’t need to know him to offer him a prayer
Perhaps the little I learned of his life was enough for me to care
What if we knew something about everyone who dies?
Then we all would be affected at the time they said goodbye.
Yes, if we knew everyone who died today or his mother or his Dad
Perhaps the news of their deaths would make us all a little sad.
And in our sadness perhaps we’d find the joy and be delighted
At the thought of our shared agony and the hope of a world united.
For if we share our sadness with the whole of our mankind
Could also sharing happiness be very far behind?
Sure this may be a pipe dream—but it does have a certain charm
And it would help me understand a boy dying in his mother’s arms.
So goodbye Logan you’re not just another name who no longer exists
In 2 short years you left your mark…and your drop will be missed.
