Alexander James Taniguchi Burke

I battled the odds from day one

They told my makers that home I would not come

They told this to my Mum

But I battled the odds from day one

And home she took me, while all watched stunned

Home she took me in her arms

Safe and warm my life begun.

I challenged life, life challenged me,

I dealt a raw hand but God's hand guided me,

Through childhood and through my teens

He gave me strength, courage and most importantly, my family.

I loved living, but my body it was not me;

Tubes and drugs, humming machines

Missing desperately normality

I battled the odds from day one

But painfully my time had come.

Too soon I finally leave this place

But certainly not without a trace

I leave a memory for all to share

One of joyfulness not sadness or tears

And not to death I leave this earth

But to the heavens and my rebirth.

I battled the odds from day one

They told my makers that home I would not come

But home I am safe and warm

With God, my life has again begun.

7.11.88 ~ 2.3.08