Ric Feeney's Poem from Memorial Service

For those who asked (and for those who couldn't attend), here's the poem from the memorial service.

One light goes out and then another
As we say goodbye to a sister or brother
We know so well they left an ember
A glow of love a loss to remember
Wasn’t it yesterday we were children at play
When all we longed for was Saturday
Castle walls carved in sand
Summer nights holding hands
Dreams of love and rock n rollin
Memories of kisses stolen
Space fantasies on morning cartoons
Then all of a sudden a man on the moon
Rivalries Peekskill and (Boo!) Sleepy Hollow
Bandstand nights!
“Look who’s dancing so slow”
Finally, our kind of music on the radio
One light goes out and then another
On our horizon—stormy weather
Work or college or off to war
What was it again we’re sacrificing for?
Career or family or balancing both
Sometimes I miss doing nothing the most
Personal notes become texts and tweets
Light from the laptop illumines our sheets
Springtime to summer then summer to fall
It’s growing colder when you get the call
Remember your friends, the best from your youth
Remember to say the “How I love you’s!”
You might want to say them again and again
Cause this is earth and this too will end
A light flickers tho the warmth lingers on
And the sands of time slip thru fingers and are gone
We’ll wake one winter morning only to discover
One light goes out and then another

Ric Feeney and friends for the Class of ‘65

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