Tree of Life and Death

...and so it goes...

A beating heart
One, two, three
One-hundred and eighty seconds
How can this be?

Four and five
Pass quickly by
A life too early
No sound, no cry

The heart beating
In a tiny chest
Slowly fades
Eternal rest

Twenty-two years
I have grieved for you
A life too short
So silent too

Except for the sound
Inside your chest
300-seconds strong
I knew then that I was blessed

Alexander Lee
b. September 13, 1995
d. September 13, 1995