You did it, and now you're gone.
How did you get the courage? How did nothing go wrong?

Jealous in a way, one thats indescribable
How did you do it without thinking of all the people?

Everything you said, was deep and right there
I wish I would have seen, I would have been aware

Maybe I could have stopped you or maybe you could have helped me
You're right life is unfair, sometimes I too want to leave

A temporary problem is what they all say
But no one gets how we feel, no one expects that sad day

I hope you are happy and I hope you find peace
I'm trying to be strong, not quite ready to leave

An inspiration to all and something to look up to
Not only as a role model but now heaven too has you

i. forget how he asked you
to dance with him, and you did
even when you’re not much for it

ii. remember how he wasn’t
man enough to request that
ed sheeran song you wanted
to be playing

to my mother,
i am a garbage bag of old clothes
a messy, dusty room
that was empty for two years
a vacant bed...
an echo
in a big yellow house
that she never owned
alone
until now...
to my mother
i am a memory
and that's where
she likes to keep me
a pretty little cardboard box
of old notes
that she ties a ribbon around.

mother,
this garbage bag
of clothes
that i had to replace
two years ago
when you made me and daddy leave
makes me cry
because i am not the only one
who is a bag of old clothes
no longer needed
i have learned
to no longer need you,
too
and it isn't
fair.

All of the identical houses
have identical stains--
each one a sprawling green spot.
a moldy, neglected reminder
that somebody didn't finish their chores.

slanted roof tiles, now crooked, yellowing
like unbrushed teeth.
weeds erupt from the cracked pavement.
these are the signs of undetermined futures
lost.

forget the ugly idealistic fantasies of tomorrow.
optimism has found a new home

and it has moved far away
and it has packed all its boxes
leaving only vague memories behind.

once upon a time
I did my chores. ( Not well)
But they are done.
I asked for help but I only received
blank stairs.