~ Zackery [Wolfgang] Gleason ~

Stephanie Gleason / Named Memorial


I am going to be a storm
-a flame- 
I need to fight 
whole armies alone; 
I have ten hearts; 
I have a hundred arms; 
I feel too strong
to war with mortals-
BRING ME GIANTS!

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About ~ Zackery [Wolfgang] Gleason ~

 ‘Zackery [Wolfgang] Gleason’
AKA ‘Sensei Zack’ 
 9/26/93 ~ 2/14/19 

Born Zackery Joseph Gleason on Sunday, September 26th 1993 at 0154, 8lbs., 1/2oz., 19 1/2”. 

The fundraising goal amount, ($9,272), was selected because Zackery was here in this life with us for 9,272 days. He is forever young at 25 years, 4 months and 19 days. 

I, (Zack's mom), actually wanted Zack's middle name to be 'Wolfgang' but obviously conceded on that issue. I shared this fact with Zack when he was a preteen.  Zack said he liked it and thereafter proceeded to use 'Wolfgang', 'Wolf Poet' and 'Wolf' as pen names.  Zackery is one of the most loving, caring and adventurous people I have ever known. I am proud of my son’s generosity and selflessness; he is a kind and loving friend. I have tremendous admiration for the very genuine empathy he has always shown for others. My Zackery is beautiful! His beauty appears in the way he makes others feel important. Society tends to hold more advantaged people in higher esteem than others, but Zackery has always had a way of making people feel like equals with his unbiased love and attention for everyone. 

Zack enjoyed reading together and on his own. Among his favorites were Spiderwick and Eragon, later “The Wheel of Time” series by Robert Jordan and Edgar Allan Poe. Zack was an exceptional writer and he excelled at poetry in the spirit of Poe. In addition to martial arts, Zack loved being active in general including hiking, fencing, parkour and tricking. 

Sensei Zack was a loving and patient instructor, sensitive to the needs and comfort of each of his students and is still very much loved and missed by his martial arts family. 

The first joke Zack ever told me I never forgot because he was only 7, it has a swear word and it made me laugh. I was sitting on the edge of his bed while he stood in the middle of his room with his hands on his hips and asked: “What did the left cheek say to the right cheek? If we stick together we can stop this shit”. 

I believe this title from one of Zack's poems is a bit of a window to his being:
~ "So Intent Was I on Grasping Love" ~ Wolf 

One of his shortest poems:

Sky Islands                                                                                                                         February 23, 2011

Mountains become islands in a sea of clouds, the ocean is no longer endless seeming, for it is diminished in the ocean of sky broken only by yearning mountain peaks that beg for the sun and have found it only to begin their million year descent once at the precipice of their growth ~ Wolf

We miss you so bad Zack!

~ If Love Could've Saved You, You Would've Lived Forever ~

~ Your Wings Were Ready but My Heart Was Not ~

~ Love is Stronger Than Death ~ 

 ~I am eternally grateful to have known a heart so pure and loving as yours, 
your greatest admirer always, ~ love Mom 
 
~ In your darkest hour
when the demons come
call on me Brother 
we will fight them together ~
-Sissy

The SAVE Headquarters is in MN and they have a Memorial Wall there. SAVE is working on a placard for their Memorial Wall with Zack's name, date of birth and date of passing with a little light that will be lit every year for his birth month and month of passing and other days special to us. We will share a picture of it once complete. Thank you for visiting <3

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