For Jeffery Black
I walked a path to the unknown,
And where I feared I soon feared not
Though I felt the end soon near
I knew I did not walk this path alone
Though sometimes at odds, and often worlds apart
Through lives of joy and somber dismay
Whether lost and alone or together in union
Through fires we walk with fire in heart
I stood at a gate and slowly turned my head
Beside me a figure stood in splendor
A statue carved by careful hands
Upon the base the wording read
\"It is the things which we do for others which we consider minor
For what makes us not good but great
Is that in a world of utter darkness
One small act of good shines all the more brighter\"