Aaliyah

A time of tragedy
When a star of today
Shattered by tomorrow
No time to digest the sorrow
What will her parents do?
What will her boyfriend say?
When their baby doesn't come home today?
No camera, cut, or mic can take away
What happened the day before yesterday
No time to get her B.A.
To be more than a face in L.A.
But listen to the songs and
Ambition of what could have been
A girl who knew how to do a lot more than sing.

-August 27, 2001- in memory of Aaliyah