Publisher's Note: Joshua's Visitation was on Friday, February 18 at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. These two poems are from his writing collection. As I prepared for this day I felt strongly led to locate them. And I stood before those in attendance that evening, and read. My son as he penned these words did not know almost 7 years later, they would be chosen and spoken just feet away from his coffin. *I slightly edited both and searching for a title for the second.
INTO THE WILD
By: Joshua Baez
Oct 14, 2015
I live a life of joy and happiness,
I once thought.
Prosperity and luxuries,
That could give me a lot.
Though dreams all these were,
Now I see the reality.
A bitter Earth...
As cold and despair runs through my veins,
I realize now this is all my own pain.
Something you would call karma,
Unfortunate in every way.
Now my life ends and for once I will pray…
UNTITLED
By: Joshua Baez
Oct 27, 2015
Once there was a wondrous bird that lived through the sky
An olive colored condor unique as it flies
People of old thought it as doctrine
I don’t get why something so hideous was so idolizing
The wonder of centuries
Made into a forgotten apostle
Don’t worry about the memories
That novel is just another fossil
As frosty as can be, this rhyme you just can’t believe
In this office of mine I would’ve never made a dime
As I’m about to travel time into a lozenge
A capsule for time
I swear I’ll bring solid proof that this bird is anything but a fairytale
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