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I won’t talk about your illness, Or your life, certainly not your stillness. I won’t talk about your childhood, Or your future, not that I even could. I won’t talk about how every April I visit your burial site, Because I wasn’t even there to put you to bed at night. I won’t talk about how much I miss you, Because my undeserved tears might just break through. I won’t talk about why I didn’t say goodbye, It’s hard to when I didn’t even say hi, And you were gone in the blink of an eye. I pretend I am there now, as I read you this, Wishing I could at least, give you a kiss. I guess this is your eulogy, or my apology, The one I can never give you properly.
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 11:35 AM UTC
Eulogy
I won’t talk about your illness, Or your life, certainly not your stillness. I won’t talk about your childhood, Or your future, not that I even could. I won’t talk about how every April I visit your burial site, Because I wasn’t even there to put you to bed at night. I won’t talk about how much I miss you, Because my undeserved tears might just break through. I won’t talk about why I didn’t say goodbye, It’s hard to when I didn’t even say hi, And you were gone in the blink of an eye. I pretend I am there now, as I read you this, Wishing I could at least, give you a kiss. I guess this is your eulogy, or my apology, The one I can never give you properly.
(25 February 2015) For my brother Harrison, who died on April, 2nd, 2012 of Cerebral Palsy.
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 11:35 AM UTC
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