John Lennon, I was just a baby when you
started with the Beatles.
I'm nineteen now;
I'm almost a full-grown woman.
You affected my life like no other.
You're gone now and "I'm crying,"
not out of fear, but out of despair.
Not because I never saw the Beatles in person,
but because you died so violently and so
needlessly.
We your friends, love you,
the things you stood for,
and the things you didn't.
We aren't immortal; we can't be
Your music is.
It will live and go on forever.
"So all we are saying
is give peace a chance."
