Riding the wave of grief
I feel strangely elated.
I knew this man once
in a previous existence.
He was no different to me
He lived my life just as I lived his.
I feel sorry for her now
not because he’s gone.
But because he lived so long
And never saw a need to live
I think of my own life
And how it nearly ended
He is gone now forever
But I remain caged in confusion
Strangely familiar faces
Come to pay their respects
He was a good man really
We just never saw it
His life has taken him
And yet he lives on forever
The drugs have consumed him
Just as they once made him
He was proud and strong
Yet humble and meek
I cry for him now
And for the years apart
I hear kind words
Whispering ashamedly
Why do we play pretend
He was us, and his fate is ours
