Matthew Coda

This page is in IN LOVING MEMORY OF
----- MATTHEW MICHAEL -----
our son, brother and friend

July 9, 1973 ~ September 1, 1999

I LOST MY CHILD; A PART OF MY HEART & A PART OF MY REASON TO LIVE***TO GHB******THE INSIDIOUS MONSTER

"REMEMBER MY CHILD"

PLEASE REMEMBER MY CHILD----DO NOT LOOK AWAY---
WHEN I SPEAK HIS NAME----WHEN FONDLY I RECLAIM---
SWEET MEMORIES OF HIS YESTERDAYS.
THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR MY CHILD---ONLY YESTERDAYS---
& MEMORIES PAST TO SHARE WITH YOU ---DO NOT LOOK AWAY.
IF THROUGH MY TEARS YOU FEAR TO AWAKEN---THE DEEP LOSS THAT TORMENTS MY BEING---
PLEASE REMEMBER---MY GRIEF MAY BE LESSENED---
BY THE TEARS I WEEP & BY TEARS THAT ARE WEPT WITH ME.
SO PLEASE DON'T LOOK AWAY-REMEMBER MY CHILD WITH ME TODAY---
JUST FOR A MOMENT---SPEAK OF HIM GENTLY & YOU MAY WEEP WITH ME.
JUST BE MY FRIEND & HOLD MY HAND---ALLOW MY TEARS TO FLOW---
MY CHILD WOULD PRAY---TO EASE MY PAIN----AND HIS STORIES MUST BE TOLD.
WHEN TEARS ARE DRY, MY HEART MAY LIGHTEN & LAUGHTER MAY APPEAR---
THEN TURN TO TEARS SO SUDDENLY & YOU LOOK AWAY AGAIN.
THE SILENCE WILL NOT COMFORT ME---PLEASE STAY & BE MY FRIEND---
ONLY TEARS & STORIES TOLD---MAY HELP TO EASE MY PAIN.
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND---I UNDERSTAND YOUR SILENCE---
MERELY MEANT TO SHIELD ME FROM SUCH DEVASTATING DISDAIN---
JUST AS I MAY SILENCE YOU TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE SAME.
BUT I MUST CRY MY TEARS, I MUST RELEASE MY PAIN---
PLEASE DON'T LOOK AWAY-REMEMBER MY CHILD WITH ME TODAY.
AND IN THE MOMENTS WHEN I SEEM DISTRACTED OR DISTANT---
BLANK EYES AND EXPRESSIONLESS FACE---DO NOT LOOK AWAY-
MY MIND MAY JUST HAVE WANDERED TO A FAR AWAY UNKNOWN PLACE---
A SAFE HAVEN WHERE I MAY REST AWHILE---A PLACE TO RENEW LOST FAITH.
MY MIND WANDERS BACK & MANY TIMES I RECALL---MANY TIMES I WISH I COULD CHANGE---
NOW UNABLE TO RELIVE PRECIOUS TIMES IN MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SON'S LIFE.
MOMENTS SO OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED---
BUT WE CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST-WE CANNOT CHANGE FATE'S HAND.
IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN & NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED---
THAT AN INVISIBLE BEING PROTECTED MY CHILD & WOULD NEVER ALLOW DEATH TO HAPPEN---
---SUCH AN UNNATURAL DISORDER OF DEATH.
EACH DAY I ASK MYSELF "WHY?"---WHY COULD I NOT SAVE MY CHILD'S LIFE?
TIME GOES ON---WE TAKE FOR GRANTED---THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL REMAIN AT OUR SIDE.
THE PARENT SHALL FIRST DEPART THIS WORLD---
---FOLLOWING THE NATURAL ORDER OF LIFE.
NOW DOWN ON MY KNEES I BEG, I PLEAD-TO BE GIVEN JUST ONE MORE DAY---
ONE DAY TO GENTLY LOVE MY CHILD BEFORE HE IS TAKEN AWAY.
I KNEEL AT MY CHILDS GRAVE TODAY---WITH STILL NO ANSWER TO "WHY?"---
HIS LIFE SO ABRUPTLY---HIS LIFE NEVER LIVED-SO QUICKLY WAS TAKEN AWAY.
NOW I CAN ONLY PRAY-- THAT MY CHILD IS AT PEACE & SAFE-
UNTIL THE DAY WE MEET AGAIN IN THAT GLORIOUS PEACEFUL PLACE. PATI---12/12/1999(PATRICIA TROVATO RAGANO) MATTHEW’S MOMIN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON MATTHEW MICHAEL----07/09/1973**09/01/1999