A Death in the Family

There's just been a death in the family
And the grownups are acting all sad
There's just been a death in the family
And right now I feel pretty bad

I don't understand what it's really about
Graveyards and funerals and stuff
But I see the sad faces around me
And know that it must be quite tough

Even the grownups can't deal with
The sadness when somebody dies
Their voices are quiet, no laughing
And I can see tears in their eyes
 

Wish there wasn't a death in the family
But now they have gone Home to the sky
Wish I could make all the grownups be happy again
I guess they will be, by and by

Poem by Alice C. Bateman
Written for the Grandchildren of
Don Tietz
after the death of Don's
Brother Gene, April 8th, 2005

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