In Memoriam, The Greatest Love: Whitney Poem by Hebert Logerie

I was spending a few days with families in Houston,
When I heard of the abrupt passing of W.Houston,
Which came naturally as a shock.
Death always demoralizes the fibers of our heart.
Death always brings emotions that rock,
Break and devastate every part
Of our body and every ounces of our soul.
We can never fully describe the toll
That this mysterious phenomenon
Has on our lives. Death comes like a raging lion,
Faster than the speed of sound, way beyond
Our scientific and artistic imagination.
Death is a criminal that no one is fond
Of, and that no one likes to talk about,
However, death has a way of bringing people together,
It has a way of forcing us to express our bout
With love, which is the greatest desire,
The greatest feeling of emotions.
Love brings foes and friends together,
Love brings strangers and nations
Together, Love is universal,
And Love has no ethnicity and no boundaries.
Love, the greatest feeling of all,
Is at times painful, and is full of amenities.
Human beings, my Brothers and Sisters,
Have very short memories; Love should be practiced
Daily, not only when we encounter tragedies and disasters,
Or when we are victimized by the worst beast,
That ever existed, which is Death.
Let's honor Whitney by celebrating Love every day,
Because death has a way of committing the biggest theft,
And of stealing the very best Angels in the bay.
Our very best people have been snatched away
From us in tragic fashions: Jesus Christ Superstar,
Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines, Martin Luther King,
Malcolm X, Don Cornelius and today our favorite star,
Singer and Sister Whitney Houston, who could sing,
From morning to dawn, with the angelic orchestra.
It is the end of something good, the end of an era.
Let's us celebrate the greatest LOVE of all,
Continue to fight the evils, and keep on walking tall.
May all our predeceased Brothers and Sisters
Rest eternally in peace, among the Angels!

Copyright© February 18,2012, Hebert Logerie, All Rights Reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry books.