Your essay about your brother touched my heart and soul…..a wonderful relationship like the one you had needs to be told….thank you.
This is the time of year I remember, and say “Goodbye. Again.” to my son. He died in 1999 – is it already 15 years? April 27 would have been his 45th birthday.
I am also reminded because this is the time of year we make the scholarship awards at my university, Cal State L.A., and there is a David Cameron Fisher scholarship given to a Biology major that we established in his memory.
Some years ago I wrote a poem that I now share with the awardees each year. I thought you might like to see it.
A Gift
In memory of my son David Cameron Fisher
By Janet Cameron Fisher-Hoult 4/27/2009
It was forty years ago that my son was born
The world was fresh and lovely on that April morn
My heart and mind were filled with love
I thanked the universe above
For such a joy
A darling boy
My son
One night in March ten years ago the telephone kept ringing
It woke me up and what I heard was anything but singing
It was his friend who called to say
That he was killed that very day
My handsome son
My only one
My child
Spring flowers add some color when his birthday comes each year
As I place them on his grave I always shed a tear
And think of what the world has lost
And what his loss of life has cost
Those whom he loved
Those who loved him
His friends
“What might have been?” I think if he had lived much longer
His studies would have made him into a much stronger
Marine biologist dealing with the fish
Now I do my best to try to grant that wish
For gaining knowledge
By students at college
Of biology
So, although he’s not with us, his memory lives on
As students with his scholarship keep working right along
They study just like he did
Sea creatures such as squid
The ocean side
Eternal tides
For him
Dr. Hoult, poetess laureate of Culver City, may be contacted at HOULTight@aol.com
