His life on earth is over
His message stays the same
Life with love and peacefulness
Through tolerance we gain
He walked a path of glory
Life's journey knows his name
He stood for all with honor
His dignity remains
He sought to find an answer
To teach those in this life
That love is new beginning
Even through life's strife
His battle now is over
His treasure shall remain
For he is now an icon
With dignity he reigns
His footsteps lead to heaven
Within God's Light so bright
Upon the earth his legacy
That peace for all ignite
Though violence he was taken
Through sorrow we must learn
That heart's of greatest wisdom
Leaves legacy that burns
With love for one another
With peace that we can be
Just ordinary people
Who live in harmony
He saw a place of chaos
Where he had dreams of peace
Let's hope that in his passing
His message is released
His dreams for new tomorrow
With hope
we understand
That we can be his messenger
The power in our hands
Let's stop the hate and violence
Let's all find peace to share
For only in a moment
Life all but disappears
We will know he passed through
With all that he has shown
Through love and understanding
Each victory we own.
~ Francine Pucillo ~
©Copyright
July 23, 2003
Councilman James Davis, 41 of
District 35,
Brooklyn N.Y., was shot
to death at New York
City Hall on July 23, and was pronounced dead
at NYU Hospital in Lower Manhattan.
Shots rang out in the balcony of City Hall
when Othniel Askew, 31 who entered City Hall
with
Councilman Davis shot him twice in the chest.
They arrived together without going
through
a metal detector. It was said that Davis
introduced Askew to some, as the man who was
going to run against him in the upcoming Fall
electionsm
but had now decided to join his side. While in
the
balcony of City Hall Askew allegedly pulled
out
his gun and shot Davis twice in the chest.
Askew
was allegedly shot by a plainclothes police
officer.
He later was pronounced dead at the hospital.
James Davis leaves a legacy of love and
caring. He was
a former member of the NY Police Department
and ran
for councilman in the borough of Brooklyn and
won in 2001.
Davis founded an organization in 1991 called
"Love Yourself " Stop the Violence
This organization was instituted to stop the
violence
in urban America. He also was a minister.
We are saddened by his loss, and we offer his
family and friends our sincerest condolences
during this very difficult time.
He leaves a legacy of love and caring and
we pray that there are others that will follow
the path that he followed in life that "You
must
love yourself and stop the violence." It is
indeed
sad and ironic that this wonderful human being
was taken away from us through the violence
he so fought against in his life.
~ Francine Pucillo ~
©Copyright July 23,
2003
