In Memoriam (Chicago) A Tribute to the children of Chicago

A Tribute to the children of Chicago

In Memoriam (Chicago) A Tribute to the children of Chicago

Robert John Meehan

A desk lies empty

A missing face to find

A child soon missed by some

Another life consumed by one

A classmate questioned

A missing child to find

While a desk lies empty

A hope dwindles with time

As a child's life once abound

A child's fate is now found

While a desk lies empty

A lifeless child is found

As questions of why arise

A time for tears to flow

While a desk lies empty

A prayer for a missed child we know

A quiet voice to miss

A child missed we know

While a desk lies empty

A question of why to know

A future now not to be

A tragic loss we are told

While a desk lies empty

An answer of why yet untold

A myriad of lives changed

Another youthful innocent lost

While a desk lies empty

At a life's innocence cost

A society believed so rich

And yet a life's worth so poor

While a desk lies empty

Another child's life's no more

A time to ponder a commitment

A life's question to answer

While a desk lies empty... 

First published in 1993. When will it ever change?