Dedication to Don

April 29th is the 3 year anniversary of the shooting of Adrian Cabrera, otherwise known as "Don"

He was

Simply amazing

Heart beat for the

happiness of others

For the smiles shown by

a person that forgot how to

Reminded people

That every something

has an opposite

That the sun always shines

behind the darkest of clouds

His should was a sponge

absorbing everyone's tears

and pain

Scrubbing the stain

off their hearts

Letting it shine once again

Solving everyone's x's and y's

hearing everyone's cries

bringing the truth out of lies

pulling the voice out of the shy

Finding the good in goodbye

so no one knew why

Why the tears absorbed 

were now red

Spilling across the sharp

rocky concrete

with nothing to absorb it

Why the gun shot heard around the world

was treated as if nobody heard it

Why the streets were flooded with tears

Since there was no shoulder

to collect them

No ear to listen to the cries

Because the ear

the shoulder

the heart

the boy

was now hidden in a closed casket

Innocent

Young

With so much potential

He wanted to teach

but no one would know

No one would see

nor care

because no flag ever went half staff for his lost life

No black and white newspaper clipping

Not even a 30 second segment on News 4

for to them

It was just another gang crime

It was just another thug

stealing and killing people

to them

There's just one less mouth to feed

one less desk to fill in

one less gang banger on the streets

To them

a box of abandoned kitten

was more important

than a wrongful teenage death

to them

it was just another ghetto kid

Lost to the streets 

By Mayra Fernandez