Taken For No Reason

No-one knows the reasons you left,
Or how you were taken away,
The only hope that we have now,
Is you safe, and in a better place.

No more worries and no more fears,
All the pain you once felt, will disappear.
No more wandering around from day to day,
For God has your final resting place.

So young you were to be taken,
So much left to do and to see,
To think you are no longer out there,
Sometimes seems just like a bad dream.

It feels like only yesterday,
We were all young, and still in school,
Talking about plans for the weekend,
And what was and wasn't cool.

The friends that you had, and the smiles that you gave,
Made so many of us Edward,
Have such better days.

You were so much fun to be around,
You had such a giving heart,
To think that someone took that away,
Tears all of our worlds apart.

There were so many things about you,
That we will never understand,
Like how you were just a young boy,
But all at once had to live like a man.

We hope that you are at ease now,
And rid of all of your pain,
Even tho without you here,
Our lives will never be the same.

Its hard to face every day that goes by,
Knowing that your gone....
But in our hearts forever....
The famous "CZAR" will live on.

***This was about a dear friend of mine, who was murdered out of state. He was only 23.***

***George Edward Penland III***
***Dec. 2, 1972-Oct. 26, 1997***