I Cared Poem by Holly Jamestone

I never knew you but I grieved
The day you passed away
I held your family in my heart
Not knowing what to say

The asphalt was a skating rink
With fire hoses leaking
A treacherous hill to passersby
As winter's chill was peaking

With bitter January cold
An enemy to all
Firemen begged for you to jump
That they would break your fall

You let them save your kitty first
But gave your life in vain
They wept for you and pleaded
For an end to fear and pain

I pray that you were in God's hands
And looked into his face
While feeling only inner peace
In parting from that place

I wanted to reach out to you
To know more than your name
To cradle you, your memory
Extinguished by the flame

I prayed that evil in this world
Would spare the lives of those
Of special people, ones like you
Whom God's own angels chose

If hearts could turn away from pain
Corruption would abate
And arsonists would realize
No answers come from hate

I never knew you or your smile
And all that you had shared
That fateful day I wish I could
Have let you know
I CARED

In Memory of Nancy, who perished in the
Glendale, Colorado apartment fire

(1-2-2004)
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