A POEM …FOR LASHAE/FOR ASHLYN

(this poem was written for the family and friends of Lashay, age 9, and Ashlyn, age 7, who were struck and killed by a car while crossing the street on their way to Children’s Bible Study on September 15, 1999, in Bulter, Alabama)

She was a child

So young was she

Too young to die

So violently

We ask God why

This had to be

What good can come

From this tragedy

What was the reason

We may never know

And the healing process

It will be slow

In time this pain

We feel will dim

We’ll smile and know

She is with HIM