The Reaper walked silently into my father's room. He did not appear to be so grim....

Say "Goodbye" to your father now, because I have come to take him.......

How sad to see my best friend, the man I loved, dying in his bed....

As I watched helplessly, his soul lifted gently from his head......

I didn't know at that moment what it felt like to die.. ...

I only knew I lost my father and I could do was cry....

He still calls my name and I hear him loud and clear each day...

His voice stays gently on my mind and never goes away....

I miss you so much, Daddy, sometimes the hurt is do deep I don't know what to do....

The only consolation I have in my aching heart is to know that this world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you. ..

This is one of the poems I have included in my book "City Within A City-A Gangster's Story and for those of you that have read my book you will see that there are so many kinds of things in this gangster story, quotes, poems, letters and a compilation of life that was lost, but still exists in memories that I carry in my heart forever.......................