If you died tomorrow
could I write your obituary?
It would start of course
with your name, birthday,
the day you died
what school you went to
I could say the Before
you had two dogs and a cat
you loved to rock-climb
and do logic puzzles
Math was your thing
it never was mine
your hand always shot up into the air
faster than I could think
You liked doing back bends, and flips
with me supporting you, on the lawn
we floated from friend group to friend group
not really staying, or clinging on
You invited me to a sleepover
just you and me
before our seventh-grade dance
sleeping on your floor
as happy as can be
we had no secrets to tell
as we fell asleep
we were that close
And then
came the After
now that I could not write
I guess I could say
"She got straight A's in high school
and had many friends.
She had inside jokes
with the people she met"
I think
Writing the During
would be just too painful
what could I say?
It was a text
then a letter reply
You couldn't "thank me enough"
For what we had
That's not an obituary
I can't write that
I could write the Before
and then pass it on
to your new friends, any friend
because for me, you are gone
except for the sliver in my heart
Survived by mom, dad, and younger sister
Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018 at 9:23 PM UTC
If you died tomorrow
could I write your obituary?
It would start of course
with your name, birthday,
the day you died
what school you went to
I could say the Before
you had two dogs and a cat
you loved to rock-climb
and do logic puzzles
Math was your thing
it never was mine
your hand always shot up into the air
faster than I could think
You liked doing back bends, and flips
with me supporting you, on the lawn
we floated from friend group to friend group
not really staying, or clinging on
You invited me to a sleepover
just you and me
before our seventh-grade dance
sleeping on your floor
as happy as can be
we had no secrets to tell
as we fell asleep
we were that close
And then
came the After
now that I could not write
I guess I could say
"She got straight A's in high school
and had many friends.
She had inside jokes
with the people she met"
I think
Writing the During
would be just too painful
what could I say?
It was a text
then a letter reply
You couldn't "thank me enough"
For what we had
That's not an obituary
I can't write that
I could write the Before
and then pass it on
to your new friends, any friend
because for me, you are gone
except for the sliver in my heart
Survived by mom, dad, and younger sister
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