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JoVonne Jones (Lane)
IN MEMORY OF OUR 79 CLASSMATES
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY HELLO
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY HELLO WHAT A DAY IT WOULD BE FULL OF LAUGHTER, SO FULL OF FUN; SO MUCH TALKING INTO THE NIGHT IT WOULD RUN
REMEMBERING OUR HIGH SCHOOLS YEARS, STAYING CONNECTED THOUGH THE COLLEGE YEARS, BEING BRIDESMAIDS AND GROOMMEN’S IN OUR WEDDING YEARS, SHARING PICTURES OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN THESE YEARS
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY HELLO
I KNOW TRIP CITY WOULD BE MENTION, MRS. BROWN AND DR. LIGGINS TOO,
AND HOW ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THAT OLD SPECIAL BOO
I KNOW YOU LEFT YOUR HEART WITH US THERE’S NO NEED TO CRY
IT IS SO HARD REALLY SAYING GOOD BYE
IF YOU CAN ONLY SLIP INTO THE CLASSROOM AND SAT IN YOUR FAVORITE SEAT
I IMAGE US SMILING THE CLASSROOM IS WHERE WE WOULD MEET
FROM LITTLE GIRLS AND LITTLE BOYS TO TEENAGERS AND NOW WOMEN AND MEN
WE FILLED ALL THE GRASP AND CLOSED THEM WITHIN, SO MEMORIES WE HOLD ON TO NEVER FORGETTING OUR FRIENDS
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY HELLO
40 YEARS WOULD BE NOTHING NO SADDNESS NO TEARS JUST LOVING ONE ANOTHER AND REMINSCING THROUGH THE YEARS
WHEN THE REUNION STARTS WITHOUT YOU, I KNOW YOU WANT US TO UNDERSTAND
THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT YOU SUFFERED GOD HAS TAKEN YOU BY HIS HAND
AND WHEN THE REUNION IS GOING STRONG WE WILL REMEMBER YOU AS WE
PARTY AND CARRY ON
PERHAPS THEIR TIME SEEMED ALL TOO BRIEF
BUT WE WILL NOT LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH GRIEF
GOD WE WON’T COMPLAIN, BUT REMEMBER EACH ONE OF THEM IN JESUS’ NAME
A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, A LAUGH, A KISS
YOU ALL ARE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
HOW CAN SUCH MEMORIES BE CAST ASIDE, YOUR WALKS; YOUR FASHION; YOUR SENSE OF STYLE; YOUR STRIDE; YOUR SWAG; YOUR SMILES; YOUR DAPPERNESS; YOUR CUTINESS; YOUR HANDSOMENESS; YOUR JOKING AROUND AND YOUR PRIDE THESE TRIATS CAN NEVER BE ERASED, WE WILL FOREVER MISS YOU OUR class of 79 CLASSMATES
IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY
IF ONLY THEY COULD SAY HELLO
RIP, RIP
JOVONNE LANE
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