Too Young

Too Young
Too soon
To lose a child
To mourn
For the innocent.

Cancer,
ugly stain
Claims another
Life
Another family
Another community.
To grieve
To be lost
Without understanding.
Because
There is
No reason

To lose a child
Too young
And too soon.

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