# For Wally and all his friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165 "2000-06-22T03:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/1 "2000-06-22T03:07:25Z")
\*\*Wally’s Song \*\* Sitting alone on a dark moonlit night Telling myself that I’ll be alright Knowing I’m lying - I’m lost through and through Lingering in memories of a friend that I knew Then a twinkling sparkle catches my eye Just one of the thousand tears of the sky And though charts and books won’t carry Wall’s name Somehow I know this is his all the same This twinkling fire, this mischevious flame Is his smile all over and I cry out his name _And the world just goes on minus a friend But what’ll I do when the calm darkness ends? When I can’t see his star in the sky? I pray I won’t let his memory die_ As I stare at the crosses of stars in the sky I clench my fists tightly and ask the night why And where do stars go when dark finally ends? And how can I get there to be with my friend? Then a feeling descends, calming the night and I feel someone with me as stars twinkle bright My heart turns to water: tears cloud my eyes As the star dances merrily - a wink from the sky And suddenly an answer appears in my mind And my inner-soul tension starts to unwind Where do stars go during the day? They’re never quite gone - it just seems that way Though we can’t see them they’re always up there Reminding us all of someone who cared For memory’s a thing never taken away Just occasionally misplaced in the light of the day And if I need a reminder I needn’t look far Just gaze up above at a mischevious star - Anthony Sherratt To Wally, Brooke and Todd. For all who knew them. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/2 "2000-06-22T04:07:11Z")
Thanks dpr. I especially love the last two words. ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/3 "2000-06-22T04:10:38Z")
Lovely, dpr. Thank you. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/4 "2000-06-22T04:37:03Z")
Thanks, dpr. elelle put it perfectly; the last two words are an image of Wally that will last. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/5 "2000-06-22T04:49:32Z")
That was awesome, dpr. It brought tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/6 "2000-06-22T06:13:55Z")
Truly incredible, dpr. What a beautiful poem. {{{{{dpr}}}}} Mischevious Star… I miss you, Wally \ ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/7 "2000-06-22T06:17:50Z")
Fitting poem dpr 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/8 "2000-06-22T09:26:21Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/9 "2000-06-22T16:48:25Z")
That was beautiful dpr, very fitting. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/10 "2000-06-23T01:10:27Z")
Thanks for the kind words. I hope I helped bring some comfort. I’m finding it a bit tough right now and hard to muster enthusiasm for the board atm so I’m having a few days away from all this. Peace all. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/11 "2000-06-23T01:56:38Z")
Very nice. Now I have the image of Wally looking down from his special star calling me a putz. (that was sarcasm, in case you are humor impaired.) ---
**Author:** ![Cowboy\_Greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Cowboy\_Greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowboy_Greg)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-wally-and-all-his-friends/23165/12 "2000-06-23T02:59:51Z")
Thanks, dpr.