Billy, friend and companion
Always a champion
When cancer brought him to his knees
He bled endlessly
He became a handicap
Cancer hit him with a strap
One day he died
Tears came to my eyes
He will be in my heart
Though in life he hadn't much start

In memory of Billy Baronsfield. Died 1990

© Matthew Aiken Riverbend School Grade 7

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