The Spark of Life
by Melanie Presson

Softly sang the mournful dove,
As in the tree he sat,
Swaying with the gentle breeze,
That brushes where you're at.
Dawn for you has turned to night,
The oceans ceased to swell,
Your neverending story clasped,
The rest of us in hell.
Yet to the the world you left a light--
A legacy so brave,
Of power, kindness, Passion's might,
Your face upon my mind engraved,
I celebrate your life.
Inside me lives the hope you healed,
When in the Year of Hell I realed,
And darkness sought my soul to steal,
You helped reclaim my life.
The hurt,
The pain,
The mortalness,
I thought you were immune to this.
My shattered heart no more to mend,
Until my own book comes to end,
And in your eyes I see again,
The spark of light--
That I called friend.
~For Jonathan Gregory Brandis.

Contributed by Romi

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FREE BIRD
by Lauren Long

Caught up in strife
You took your own life
Something changed within you
There was nothing we could do
No one knew until it was too late
We never wanted this to be your fate
As tears of sadness slide down my face
I can't believe you are in a different place
An innocence has been lost
It came at a terrible cost
Your smile was always warm and bright
Upon us from above you still shed your light
Watching over the precious ones you love
You are now as free as a dove
May you always be at peace
And your legend never cease...

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JONATHAN GREGORY BRANDIS
1976-2003

Contributed by Lauren

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CRYING AMENS
by Rach

Seems like you've said goodbye now
the universe just stopped
I can't believe you didn't know what power you had
you painted my walls....

Now you got tears for prayers
the girls up there must be on their knees
tears for prayers.... crying amens for you

and I wonder
were you just running behind your smile
running from girls like me.......

you left the world in a noose
flying
I think maybe you wanted to fly and
I guess you hit the headlines this time
you got all the girls crying
amens

you eloped with the moon
everyone just wanted too much from you
you wont be afraid now you got out of here
can you hear the girls howling for
dolphins caught in nets I think
you were made to do too many tricks too
dolphins were never meant to be captured
and neither were you

so you said goodbye now it seems
flown... with a hundred girls in your hand
you left and never really said why
all the girls are on their knees
crying amens
Praying that now you can finally
rest peacefully

2.45, Where Are You

2.45 what have you done
you gave your soul to a nylon rope
this november 12 the world just got black
in the hallway to the medical room
what did you do
2.45 where are you
girls in a frenzy did you think
just like that you could end it all
you never said did you mean it
did you really mean it over
and over again november 12
I say... you didn't mean it.......

if this is all a part of His big plan
then maybe I'll find my own rope
and my own hallway
yes I thought you were a God what went wrong 2.45
did you mean it did you really mean this
I ask this empty room
where are you

fate fell into the wrong hands
too many clowns in one big circus
too many tigers got loose
the saviour came too late
in the hallway and the medical room
is that what you meant to do
girls in a frenzy 2.45
2.45 where are you

Contributed by Rach

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The Fall
by Howard Moss

For Jonathan

Where are you going that I want to go?
You have disappeared where I cannot follow.
There are new ghosts that come by daily.
Evening snow is coming down slowly.

Now I am staying where I always stay,
Between the truth’s twilight and the half lie,
Which are the same and not the same, oddly.
Evenly snow is coming down slowly.

Did I ever tell you what I meant to say?
Or was I silent as this snowfall? Was I?
How can I take your sudden darkness lightly?
Heavily snow is coming down slowly.

The world is being shut away now. Surely
You felt what I felt. Lately, too early
In the morning you rise up from the earth.
Unearthly,
Heavenly snow is coming down slowly.

Contributed by Annie

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