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July 5th, 2017

by Grace Palermo ‘24

To the boy I never knew but will always remember

I look into life’s reflection just to see you in it

I never got to see you smile

I never heard you laugh

And I didn’t see you grow

I wish I could have

I wish someone still could

I wish my prayers saved you

Your name is forever carved into my heart with a knife of guilt

For why should a grieve a soul that never crossed my path

For It was only in your ending that I could see your beginning

In some ways I wish that you were a mystery to me

That I didn’t have to know you by the gut wrenching headlines

That I never had to see your name next to the word murdered

But that’s not reality

The reality is

Because of a boy I never knew my life has changed forever

I hold onto my brother a little tighter

I selfishly thank the universe that he wasn’t the one who had to go

And I cry because I wish he didn’t have to die to change my life.
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