if I die tomorrow

 

If I die tomorrow

will anyone know

even the souls on

the other side

 

if I die tomorrow

what will people say

will they even care

or maybe pretend they do

 

how does anyone deal with death

do they practice

like reading a book

and taking a test

 

I lost a friend  today

I didn't read a book

there was no test

I wasn't prepared

 

I flunked in my head

and in my heart

not knowing what to do

or what to say

 

I turned to my writing mind

a wrote a death for revenge

and it didn't help

so I resurrected my lifeless sacrifice

 

and screamed at God

he stood above my mind on a cloud

and shrugged his shoulders

and walked away

 

I lost a friend today

I know I care

but I am helpless

to resurrect a real human being

 

I lost a friend today

his presence will never be lost

but my mind, my heart

will have a hole where he was sitting

 

I know that the other side

has won the battle

and they are smiling at his arrival

and somewhere his smile is looking down on me