A while back i was carefree and unburdened
undeterred by the state of my own being
i looked into the distance and saw more than nothingness
more than joy or sorrow, wisdom or ignorance
but i didn’t see the death of a teenager


I saw imaginary beings
some with wings, some without ears
i saw creatures soar into the clear blue skies
dive into the depths of the dark oceans
i was reminded of the lion king whenever i thought of the circle of life
but i didn’t see the death of a teenager


Swimming in the sea of fast food and sweetened water
i lost myself in many a fantasies of worlds unseen
but somehow i didn’t lose sight of this world that we live in
the chains of balance never made sense, but somehow always felt right
i did see the difference between right and wrong
but never the difference between law and justice
neither did i see the death of a teenager


They say, from the ashes rises a phoenix
there is light in all this darkness
but isn’t darkness just the absence of light?
is the phoenix blessed or cursed with its immortality?
was it the death of a teenager i saw? or a birth of a man?