Candlelight Vigil

This is a poem about a neighborhood  teenager who was tragically killed in a car accident in 2008. The accident really hit home and the community was completely in shock.

Jess...if you can hear, please listen to me;
I never knew you,
parents, friends, grandparents, aunts, brothers
and sisters to;
Shine your bright light down on them.
All of them will forever remember,
they will always love you.
They embrace you as they hold each other.
They light a candle every day in sun and rain.
They cry because they miss you.
They pray for your return.
Flowers blowing in the breeze signal that you are somewhere,
an Angel always on their minds,
never to be truly gone from the many lives you touched.
You shall never be alone my friend
Jess...this candlelight vigil is for you.

Paul Hickey
11-16-11