Long live his memory…

The pope did die,

He seemed like a nice guy,

One time he did meet I,

Gave me a blessing,

I was not catholic he knew,

But it did make me anyway sigh…

He was in Philadelphia,

Sometime back at the beginning of his papal time,

I was living on the street back then, asked him for a dime,

Hoped did I, that he never met with any street crime…

In his memory and of his blessing,

I do write here of him, yes I am positively expressing,

He seemed to be a likable guy nothing he did say was depressing,

His death does not for me mean much, we all die,

I am sure he felt as well and such,

He did live his life like all of us,

Before came the time for him to bid this world good-bye…

        © ed ~ 4/2/05