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Mortality
Your face is still etched
So vividly in my memory.
Your missing tooth,
Your dark green eyes,
Your shabby, old pair of converse,
Your overalls,
And the striped shirt
You always wore beneath it.
We were invincible.
You were Batman,
I was Robin.
Our imaginary capes
Blew against the strngth of the wind,
Our arms spread out
Like the wings of a plane
As we flew across cities
Searching for trouble
Oblivious to the real dangers
That would consume you.
The missing tooth grew in.
You replaced your overalls
And shabby shoes.
You laughed as much as you breathed
And you smiled
Even on the gloomiest of days.
No one could have ever guessed.
It was never supposed to be like this.
I thought we had more time.
We were supposed to grow up together.
To have all-nighters,
2 AM conversations, midnight drives,
Parties, prom night, graduation.
I don't know how it happened
Or why it had to be you
Or why I had to find you lying there
Pill bottles scattered across the floor
Your body, stone cold, lifeless
We were supposed to be invincible
