My heart is so heavy
From tragedy after tragedy
A life lost and nobody knows why
The youngest ones should never have to say goodbye
The pain is clear
and a silent scream is heard in every tear
Nobody deserved to die this young,
His song, it was thoroughly unsung
Why an open casket viewing?
Just another way to tear open hearts,
another harsh undoing
Sobs echo through the room as people see the body of
their brother
their lover
their son
their friend
One’s whose life shouldn’t have been put to an end
Friends and family carry the deceased
To the front of the church where he’s released
The father, grabbing his heart
The mother, completely falling apart
Words only mumbled from her lips,
and tears streaming from her eyes, she cries
Not one coherent thought,
just the haunt that her son is gone,
no matter how hard he fought
Suffering and sorrow
Knowing that everything is supposed to be normal,
only by tomorrow
To accept that he is really gone,
and our life is just supposed to go on
It’s unrealistic to think these broken hearts have that characteristic
The strength to move on,
when we know that he was a special one
At least he will live on forever,
Forgotten never
Always in our hearts
and in our lives, he will eternally be a part