Poems By The Late Joshua Baez

Publisher's Note: Joshua's Visitation took place on Friday, February 18, at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. These two poems are part of his writing collection. As I prepared for this day, I felt a strong urge to find them. That evening, I stood before those gathered and read them aloud. When my son wrote these words, he had no idea that nearly 7 years later, they would be selected and spoken just a few feet from his coffin. *I made slight edits to both and am searching for a title for the second poem.

INTO THE WILD

By: Joshua Baez

Oct 14, 2015

I live a life of joy and happiness,

I once thought.

Prosperity and luxuries,

That could give me a lot.

Though dreams all these were,

Now I see the reality.

A bitter Earth...

As cold and despair runs through my veins,

I realize now this is all my own pain.

Something you would call karma,

Unfortunate in every way.

Now my life ends and for once I will pray…

UNTITLED

By: Joshua Baez

Oct 27, 2015

Once there was a wondrous bird that lived through the sky

An olive colored condor unique as it flies

People of old thought it as doctrine

I don’t get why something so hideous was so idolizing

The wonder of centuries

Made into a forgotten apostle

Don’t worry about the memories

That novel is just another fossil

As frosty as can be, this rhyme you just can’t believe

In this office of mine I would’ve never made a dime

As I’m about to travel time into a lozenge

A capsule for time

I swear I’ll bring solid proof that this bird is anything but a fairytale

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