Here's to you, a friend who was gone too soon

I grieve for you

We breathed the same air

sometimes gasping for it even

We learned from the same individuals

We even walked the same roads, until we didn't.
Our paths were almost parallel.
Intersecting every now and then
We'd collide and then we wouldn't

Growing up in the same town
Sharing our friends, our beers, our bad habits

You were there when he wasn't
And I was there when it wasn't possible for her to return.

But one day, it wasn't possible for you to return either.

Our paths never crossed again
There was no parallel road
Yours came to a bitter not sweet, end

We lit our candles, spelling out your name
As if we were asking you to come back home

Songs were sung, tears were shed,
but the grief just kept on pouring in.

I watched your father cry

And the people claimed their pain and suffering
For they only love you when you're gone

An experience to be had but not chosen

We wrote down every word
I loved you because...
Remember when...

It was a reunion of the love we shared for you

You were the  in a sometimes bleak field of grey

And I can only hope you bring all of your light to her as she's the one calling you home.