Dylan

Dylan

It was difficult for them
to choose your name
but in the end
after your mom got to decide your
sister's name
your dad won out!

"Dylan!"

Like many,
yours was not a smooth sail
through life's passages.

Why?
Unknown.
Did we fail you?
Or were there too many corners, rules
and stop signs
for your time around?
We'll never know,

Dylan.

We will know only
that we miss you.
Your smile
and your wrath.
Because both meant
you were near.

Dylan,

out of view is simply,
profoundly
sad
for those who love you,
beyond description
and always.

God speed
young warrior,
God speed.


Beth McCarthy Marks
2000

For Dylan Castonguay who died in his mid-teens while 4-wheeling with a pal