Al's been my friend since I was in the seventh grade.
I remember meeting him and instantly feeling his gravitational pull.  
Instantly becoming friends that were inseparable.
He was the only one there for me through the rough and happy moments.
From reckless teenage days all the way to long college nights.
Sadly, things took a turn and our friendship has become a dependency.
I need Al to fall asleep.
To go to class.
To function.
How do I tell O'le Al that this friendship has to end?
O'le Alcohol... I'm sorry.. this friendship has to come to an end...
I think it's time we both go our separate ways.

For you can recite all you may
but what is there left to say?
After all the sorrow has fallen like spring pollen,
there is still emptiness in your words.
A hollowness in your being.
No life in your eyes.
What was the point of apologizing if you knew forgiveness was not around the corner?
But yet non-existent

Do not mourn the loss of me for death is natural.
We are born, live, die, and then become memories.
For I am always going to be with you and generations to come.
Stories upon stories of foggy memories.
Do celebrate my life.
Do not cry but smile with my journeys end.
Death is unstoppable.
Inevitable.
Forth coming.
It’s simply natural.
For I have lived decades worth of smiles, joy, and hope.