A Page to Commemorate a Dear Friend

 

Jeffery Leblanc

 

My friend Jeff died in a car crash on March 10, 2002.  When a car hit him head on, the driver of the other car was a drunken, drug addict.  The guy that hit him last I knew was at UMASS in Intensive Care crushed from the waist down. When the EMS got to the scene they found Jeff who was driving in the back seat, DOA.   I attended the funeral a few days later; the family had to have a closed casket.  At his time of death Jeff was only 19 years old he would have turned 20 in June.  He had just finished a course to be and EMT, and was working at a job he loved with deaf people.  Jeff was the kind of guy that everyone loved, and everyone loved him.  At his wake there was a line almost a block down and they had to limit the number that went into the funeral home and how long they stayed.   A few days later when I cam back to school this poem started coming out so I had to write it down for him.  And I hope that he is with what ever god he believed in now, with all the love around him that he shared while he was here with us.

 

 

Now I lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take

Last night I lay a friend to sleep
So you my lord could take his fate
Now I pray to you for date
Today I lie and wait to take

Now I lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take

Today I wake to wait
Hoping that life is still awake
For today will be the day
No more shall I wait

Now I lay me down to sleep
If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take

Today I will start a new
My friend I know is with you.

Athena

 

I hope you enjoyed this page, and will keep Jeff in your mind when you go out drinking, or even for a Sunday joy ride.

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