The Late Great John F Kennedy©
Copyright 2013
By Felina Silver Robinson
The Late Great John F Kennedy
Was shot on November 22, 1963
I was just 7 and a half months old
Too young to understand what everyone else was feeling
I know that my mother was working
She started off on her feet
But when the news was shared
She dropped to her knees
The tears streaming down her tired face
She wasn’t thinking
Stripped of thought
She went running
Home to us, her children
She held each one of us
One by one
Its been said that she was singing
A song that no one knew
It had not been heard before
She gathered us up and took us
She took us to the Boston Common
Where many others stood about
About in a daze
Everyone, singing, sobbing and soothing
All those that stood about
At some point everyone started to dispurse and
Return home or back to wherever they had come
But hours, days, weeks months and years went by
And no one ever understood why
Why anyone would want to harm such a good guy
John F Kennedy was such an honorable man
He was the best President we had ever had
How were people to go on without being able to understand
The Why or the how
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for JFK’s murder
Some still say that he wasn’t the one
People are still trying to figure out who really took the life of such a great man
If in fact it wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald
No one has forgotten
No one could ever forget
One of the greatest men to have ever lived
His family still stands strong
Honoring his memory with all those both near and far
Take a moment to remember a man
Who gave his life for this great country of ours
He like many others fought a thankless fight
All so that we the people could live on with freedom and in peace
Our love is never ending for John F Kennedy
