Great-Aunt Pam Poem by Melissa Joy Chesky

It was unfortunate
that you passed Christmas morning.
I really wish I could've seen you,
just one more time would've been enough.

Cancer is what took you prematurely,
and I will never be able to forget it.
I was so young, and had so
much that I could've learned.

Your experiences couldn't have been duplicated;
Nationalization, living in Cambodia,
cooking foreign food, understanding different cultures,
and most of all understanding your life.

But, I only eight, wouldn't understand
you untimely departure.
And, oh, how confused I was as to
why God took you.

And, mostly, I wanted to say
that I still, after 7 years,
miss you terribly,
and I turned out to be an OK person.