Jon Nakapalau

To Aiden Leos

just 6 years old

on your way to school
in your booster seat

i am so sorry you are gone
so sorry that a coward

took from you the gift of life
so sorry that you left us

before you were able to be the you
that you would have been in years to come

just because someone was in a hurry
a big hurry

to drive down soulless freeway
and merge out

of any hope of redemption.