the importance of it all

if there were a reason
for you leaving
i don’t
get it.

i think
that how it is
now
is impossible.
i simply
can’t feel
anything.

it’s
so
terrible.
wrong.
stupid.
unjust.

why did you die?
you
weren’t
even
six.

so many
of us
were in
love with
you.
you
were
in love
with us.
life itself.

there’s
got
to be
something more.
and
there is.

it is the wind.
it is
time.
the
importance
of it
all.
the silly
going
on.
it is
what
you
were.

i can’t
believe
you’ve
gone.
gone on.
free
from fear.
fear
and
fyster.
but
you
have.

you have.

-written June 28, 2003

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