I can't explain how
I knew it would be,
that when the time came
you'd go before me.
The colors you chose
to adorn your life,
like a Mardi Gras float
mad with joyful delight.
A million miles an hour
was just how you lived,
all that any could ask
was all you could give.
No challenges before you
made you shrink and hide,
the only one too great
was staying alive.
I first learned from you
that life is for living,
and if you can't give it all
then there's no point in giving.
You showed me another
set of rules for the game,
and that some were content
with a life that was tame.
A new set of values
no concept of sin,
a way to see further
by looking within.
To question the answers
by which we were all taught,
and shake the foundations
of the temples of thought.
Few people could live with
the style you possessed,
Inspirational Cool
was your absolute best.
You forced me to dig for
the best version of me,
your smile and your laughter
would set my heart free.
There was but one ending
for this path you were on,
slowly I realized that it
wouldn't be long.
For a day to arrive
when my eyes had to see,
the trail you were blazing
was for you and not me.
On the day of our parting
the stone had been set,
you thought I'd betrayed you
my greatest regret.
Exiled, I went
to the end of the Earth,
I could see the Sun setting
on all of your hurt.
You taught me that living
had a cost we must pay,
and the pain of a loving heart
can cut both ways.
The day that I heard
you had died, I did grieve,
you were so good at living
tell me, why did you leave?