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Like Me, Like I, Like You, Like Us

  Like Me, Like I, Like You, Like Us I cannot get enough of you, We made so many sandcastles, growing up. Now I am mad when I think about those sandcastles. You smashed the very first one. Should have given up on us after that. Then I realized that the tide would have just done the same. Faced the fact that you really liked me when I when I made that decision to be your friend or did you make the decision to be my friend. Who cares things are not always perfect like that day but going forward I really like the way we are. This poem is about my best friend leaving me in 2011 but it was written in 2012. It kind of foreshadowed the future that exists now. We are best friends and bros again. It means the world to me that he is in my life. I’m very proud of who we have become and things came around.

Jasper R.I.H.

From August 24th, 2016 You know how when someone is born you celebrate their life. Jasper Aaron Harke would have been 23 today. He was a great little brother. It doesn't matter about how he died, just that he was a really happy kid. For 13 years he was so charismatic and happy. He was ladies man and loved blonds. He learned how to use a computer so he could use it for school and fun. The therapists rigged it so he could use his finger to click. The cartoon he loved the most was sponge Bob square pants. Jasper had cerebral palsy, couldn't walk or talk but he was full of love. He would pretend to fall asleep when he didn't want to do school work. The teachers and therapists would be like, Jasper we are going to wrap it up and I guess we're done today. He would perk up and get caught. I loved that little guy so much. I said mom we have to take this new born. He needs us. I don't think I knew how involved he would be but he needed us. Just someone to give him a figh...