AIDS CLAIMS MY NEPHEW / ROBERT

ON JULY 28, 1988...I LOST MY NEPHEW ROBERT CHAPMAN...THIS CAME TO ALL AS A SHOCK HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD...IN HIS MEMORY...I WROTE THIS POEM FOR MY SISTER 2 KEEP AS M E M O R A N D I U M...I LIKE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU IN THE HOPES THAT AIDS AWARENESS WILL SPEAK OUT LOUD AND IN RETROSPECT...THE MESSAGE OF LIFE...LIVING IN OUR WORLD INFECTING WITHOUT A CURE...SHEILA T JORDAN...CREATE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I WALK A MILE TODAY..I HEAR GOD'S WORDS SAY FEELIN LONELY, IN DESPAIR, CLINGIN ON 2 WHAT WAS HERE, DREAMING, REMEMBERING YOU THE ONE ON EARTH ..GOD HAS HIS EYES AND HANDS WHICH HE HELD ON2..LIFE IN MY MIND..STILL KEEPS TELLING ME..HE LIVES I WALK WITH YOU...KEEPS ME IN TOUCH..EMBRACIN A MEMORY..LINGERS ON SO MUCH..CAN IT BE..GOD YOUR TELLING ME; SPIRITUALLY..CONTACTS WILL KEEP ME HERE ON SOLID GROUND. DEPRESSION...RECESSION...NO RESTING..WHY ARE YOU ; CRYIN..TRYIN TO INCREASE THE FEAR MY WALKS BECOMES A WAY OF LIFE 2 HOLD ON 2. SANITY KEEPS ME RIGHT..MY STRENGTH OF THE LORD WILL ALWAYS WIN..MAKE IT THROUGH..BE ALRIGHT. WHATEVER TRIES 2 CONTROL..THE BOLDNESS..THE WORTHINESS...WHAT EVILS WANT 2 GRAB AND HOLD. THE THOUGHTS OF YOU...COMES THROUGH..I'M MISSIN YOU SON..BUT I WALK WITH U HUN.. KEPT US ONE LOVE HAS GIVEN US ..THROUGH MY WALKS..YOUR PRESENCE...I'M NO LONGER ALONE..SPIRITUALLY; HE LIVES THROUGH GOD..WHICH MAKES MEMORIES LIVE SIS..I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH...DON'T EVER THINK YOUR NOT THOUGHT OF...BACK HERE I NYC...HOPE I'VE GIVEN U THOUGHT OF YEARS SPEND WITH HIM ALIVE AND WELL..PLEASE...FEEL BETTER..YOUR ALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE...LOVED BY MANY..HE'LL BE THERE IN HEART..MIND..THROUGH SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH.. A LOVE WE'LL NEVER FORGET...GOD BLESS YOU... YOUR SIS...SHEILA...CREATE (ROBERT CHAPMAN) JANUARY 18TH 1963 - JULY 28,1988