Death walks into the room,
and a cold silence falls
like a heavy curtain
down around those
crowded together,
wondering whose hand will be taken
and led out of the room.
So many great ones
have paved their way
into a world
that will forever remember
all the smiles and tears
that had touched their soul,
and some leave us too soon.
When news of their death
arrives at our doorstep,
our heart cries at the loss
of their early departure,
at the light over the stage
disappearing so fast,
and we are left to mourn
another legend
that has taken flight
to the heavens above.
And no matter the distance,
a candle will still burn
in their memory
for they changed the world.


In Their Memory
By, Melissa R. Mendelson
(For all the legends that have left us too soon)