The Kennedy's

its seems like forever the kennedy name in my life
i was very young when president kennedy
was killed i remember my mom, always talking of him,
with sadness in her voice, he was their future,
and without him the world seemed so sad, as i grew,
his children grew with me, again the name kennedy lasting forever in my mind

camelot, the story of king arthur and his knights
of the round table, this camelot has been associated
with the kennedys for many years, and i have seen why,
a king and his followers, there is a quote
by the endearing jacqueline kennedy
that was taken from camelot "don't let it be forgot,
that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment
that was known as camelot"
that is the story and the myth of how it began

i was on the beach at the jersey shore,
lying on a beach blanket with the atlantic ocean
a few feet from me when on the radio it was announced
the son of camelot, john jr,
was missing, his plane lost from radar over the atlantic
i remember thinking, he is dead, he cannot survive this,
the beautiful couple that i envied so much, dead together
at the bottom of the ocean, this ocean that i loved so much
had taken away a idyllic couple, i stared at it with dread
it seemed to be a kennedy legacy
longevity for this family was not to be

ted, the patriarch of this family, to me so bold and strong,
he took over where his brothers
could not, he fought for the american people when
others did not, he was a figure
that you knew my name with just one glance, his fight
for the people with live on forever, even tho his fight
for his own life was lost

on saturday as he was laid to rest, my mother,
the staunch republican watched the coverage
with gloomy eyes, she named them all, these kennedy's
as if she new them well, her eyes
told me the story of this kennedy legacy,
no words were needed, quiet she was,
as she remembered growing up with them,
as so did i