A Poem for My Dear Friend
Catherine's nature from the very start
was a lovely smile with the kindest heart.
She believed in justice, equality and peace
and longed to help poverty and hunger cease.
She relished nature hikes and walks in the park
and never said no to brunch at the Skylark.
New York cheesecake was her favorite sin,
so in her spare time she worked out at the gym.
At the farm she rode horses and cuddled puppy dogs.
Outdoors she led bootcamps and went on brisk jogs.
She got a kick out of celebrity gossip and politics,
human rights documentaries, and indie film flicks.
She enjoyed Scandal and Downtown Abbey,
How to Get Away with Murder, and Grey's Anatomy.
But not as much as the New York Times,
CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera and Dateline.
Generous with both her words and her deeds
yet she rarely revealed her own wishes and needs.
She made us feel better even when she was sad
and hid from us the melancholy she had.
A compassionate soul like Catherine is rare;
an extraordinary friend beyond compare.
But one rainy evening at a park in June,
the story of her life ended tragically soon.
It should not have been Catherine's time to go
and we'll miss her much more than she'll ever know.
But all is not lost, I will not fall apart,
for Catherine will forever live on in my heart.