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This young man, CJ Bevins, was killed during a drilling accident at work on May 1st, 2011. I wrote this poem to commemorate CJ, and celebrate a life that was taken too soon.
CJ
One family’s loss seems a ripple
In a sea of grief and heartache
Yet this family a unit of love and a
Right relationship to our world
Misses part of its collective soul
CJ’s own hands built their shelter
And his heart sheltered their hearts
CJ ripped from them leaving a
Wound that cannot heal
By those who run too much of our lives
Who value money over love, people,
Humanity, our earth and take us and
Our people and loved ones who just
Did their jobs snatched from us
By those who care more for a
Green piece of paper than they do for
Us and ours who give love and
Use their hearts and hands to
Bless the rest of us and our world.
Rest easy, CJ, you are loved.
Please take a moment to watch this video in Memory of CJ:
In Memory of CJ Bevins from Remember CJ on Vimeo.
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