Poems and more by the youth served by Flight 33, Inc.

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Rest in Peace
MOM
by Eulalia Tavena Casias

Now that you left me, who can I talk to?
When you left I couldn’t tell you how I felt.
But now you’ve been gone for 8 years and
Now without you I don’t know where I’m going to end up.
You made people happy;
You gave them a reason to wakeup every morning

When they look at me all they see is your smile and your beauty.
You left me, my brother, and sisters with no mother.
The last time I saw you, all I saw was your body lying in a coffin.
Why did you leave if everyone liked you?
Guess good ones go first, huh?

You gave six children lives and they look as beautiful as you.
You had people love you for you.
You had best friends and now I call them Tías.
You left a good memory with us and now everyone tells
Your stories of your beautiful remembrance of you.
It hurts to know that you are now 6 feet underground,
Then you here in my arms.

At the Guadalupe cemetery in Arizona is where you lay.
It hurts to know that you left me right before my fifth birthday.
And it’s hard to tell you I love you when
I’m standing over your grave.
You were a great sister, mother, aunt and now a grandmother,
But you’ll always be in my heart.
Mommy, we will meet in a better place than we last saw each other.

REST IN PEACE, MOM.

ANGELICA TAVENA
DEC.26.71 – FEB.17.99

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A Promise
by E. Casias

Tears are the words my heart uses
when even my fake smiles
can’t cover up the pain.

I’ll always be beside you
Until the very end.
Wiping all your tears away
Being your best friend.
I’ll smile when you smile,
And feel all the pain you do
I promise I’ll cry with you too.
I love you and I will always be
Here for you, no matter how far
You may be or how close.
Just call my name and I’ll be there!
That’s a promise from me to you!

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