A POEM FOR JONATHAN JACKSON by Ericka Huggins <p> one life jonathan <br>a fleeting moment you stayed

and our lives were filled <br> (somehow) with your strength <br>some of us knew only your name <br>some of us saw only your face <br>many of us condemned your thougts <br>most of us loved you - jonathan <br>blossoms of orange and yellow are like your gentleness <br>steel and Oakwood are like your soul <br>songs unsung for you hum inside me <br>poems unwritten guide me, thru days <br>sometim3s <br>comrade jonathan <br>man-child <br>promise of a future <br>fathers and sons you are <br>sons that grow into men. you are <br>men that become aware of the truth. <br>how coarse life is - yet we must celebrate it <br> - give to it - you taught us <br>that if we can suffer living, dying is smooth <br>especially if we give to the people our lives <br>one life jonathan <br>life jonathan <br>jon-a-than - a life.