Too Late Poem by Randy McClave

I hear the suffering from the hospital
From those young and old, and large and little,
They didn't take the advice that they were told
Now unto life many are just trying to hold.
Sadly when they were shown the facts,
They still didn't want to get a shot or wear a mask.

I now hear the children crying
After they laid down their head suffering and sighing,
Because of a shot and a mask their parents didn't let them wear
Now at their graves their parents say a prayer.
Now their bodies the pastor did anoint,
Because their parents proved the wrong point.

I am now hearing a scream from the grave
From one who thought that they were smart and brave,
They didn't wear a mask or took a shot
Brave they weren't, and smart they were not.
But, from that grave they still cry,
As they still wonder and ask why did they die.

Randy L. McClave