36 Years Ago This Day Poem by Patricia Ruiz

It all happend 36 years ago today
The date being april 24th of 1983
Taking place on the highway
Then quickly into eucalyptus tree
The young man in a daze, walked away
Opposite direction of the smashed up tree
Walking directly onto the highway
Getting hit by vehicles in lanes 1,2, and 3
It saddens my heart to say
From that moment on,
He lived through memory
The young mother to be
Was suddenly
Awoken at approximately 3
Collision occurred 30 mins before
So maybe you see
The young daddy to be
Said his goodbyes to her and his baby
He was only 17 about to graduate
Unable to meet his daughter
Before his fate
Meeting eachother would have been great
He had to go though,
He was unable to wait
Maybe he'll wait
For her at heavens gate
He died april 24th, she was born
July 13th of 1983
He lived on through her and memories
She will never know her daddy
Like no one knows their fate
This is the way things had to be
According to gods plan
She will have to wait
All family and friends were devistated
To learn of this tragedy
So much sorrow and sadness it created
Even worry and concern
For young mother to be
His parents arranged a funeral
For their son now belated
The church overfilled with family and friends
This pain will go away in time
As the heart mends
There was not a single dry eye
Everyone asked the lord
Why did he die
Carrigan arrived and slowly filled
The cemetery
Pawbearers cried silently as they carried
His casket to where hed be buried
He said he wanted blue carnations
When they get married
Blue carnations lay on the casket
The young men carried
She wondered why he left her and his
Baby she still carried
She asked "why did you take him? "
She asked why he died?
She asked god to take away
The pain she felt inside
She wondered if she'd see him again
On the other side
She was pregnant, left alone
And horrified
As the blue casket lowered
All her feelings intensified
Everyone bowed their heads
As they cried
So many lives changed the day he died
It took a long time until all
The tears had dried
There wasn't a single dry eye
For their loved one had to die
As everyone said their final goodbye
And heard his mother's painful cry
She wanted to know why
Her son so young had to die
They all were burt and asked GOD why
Or they wondered why
The young father to be
Was a popular guy
And he was just too young to die
He was gonna be a daddy
Didnt deserve to die
Hes gone away now, must cut that tie
To be strong, they must try
Hes got wings now and can fly
Hes an angel now in the sky
Watching from the heavens up high
Over his baby he could not tell " bye "
Continued living through her
Her birth took place that july