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Danny B. Bourg is the author of "Poems of Life", a book that features over a hundred of his earliest poems. His work has appeared on Poetry.com and in a hardbound collection by multiple poets. Some of his most heartfelt work is posted on the Officer Down Memorial Page. He has written numerous songs and is awaiting the publication of four additional collections of his poems.

As Seasons Change by Danny B. Bourg

So cold the touch, as his body lays

A vigil in the night, as his family prays

This New York winter, saw their son

Taken down by, a strangers gun

The party was slamming, the noise was a blast

That ended the good times, that never last

A boyfriends rage, ended their break

Springtime in Florida, the tears follow a wake

In California, a summer night's cry

A mother watches, her youngest son die

In her arms, the last time they'd meet

"Why did you wear, the colors of the street?"

The winds blowing, the leaves answer the call

On the streets of New Orleans, another victim falls

Feeling the shakes, drugs were the price

An overdose of forgetting, that took his life

Oh, land of liberty, what do you think?

Of the levels some of your children, have to sink

Listening to this, does it sound so strange?

That death has to come, as seasons change