Frankie Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello

You never came to say goodbye,
And until now I don't know why
You chose to end your life that way;
There are no answers to this day.

News of your death was hard to take,
So numbed with grief I lay awake.
Too far from you to even view
Your casket and to bid 'adieu'.

For you dear brother, my close friend-
Regrets have plagued my heart since then.
Should have been there, I should have called.
When Daddy wrote, your heartaches told.

You felt alone, life hard to bear,
The love you needed was not there.
You must have thought we did not care,
Your hopes were crushed, all was unfair.

Yet now remembering I see
The battles that you fought, Frankie
Yes in my heart you are not far,
I know you're happy where you are.

I have your memories so dear
Your smile, your jokes that brought me cheer,
The yellowed birthday card you sent,
Bring thoughts of you...now heaven sent.








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Dedicated to my brother Frankie who died of apparent suicide, in
Australia five years ago.

July 10,2008
Philippines

'For I am convinced that neither
death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor future, nor any powers....nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus.'
ROMANS 8: 38-39