Gone Forever without a Goodbye

First day when I found out….
Seeing my teacher cry was the first warning sign
The gloomy sky was my second warning
But after that no more warnings
… on came the PA system
Where news of your death was carried out to the whole school
Thought no way… I won’t cry I hardly knew you
But once I said out loud that your gone and no longer will you sit beside me….
That was when my tears started to fall
Sitting down and lying down was all I did

First night that you’re gone…
Your brother running around with a picture of you on his camera
Proudly saying “that’s my brother”
Your mother in denial holding your picture in her arms
Holding back the tears that dare to come out
Your sister sitting quietly in the corner
Left with no tears to shed
Can’t help but imagine how everyone at home feels
Just imagining the scene brings sorrow to my heart

Second day you’re gone…
Business class without you beside me
Man that must be the most abnormal thing ever
I’m in shock
Left speechless with nothing to do or say except stop and stare
Your picture haunts me at every corner of the school wall
The walls and your locker filled with RIP comments
Can someone stop the joke and tell me it’s not real anymore?
It’s not funny anymore… please just pop out of a corner and say your sorry for joking around?

Third day you’re gone…
Went to your funeral today
The priest said live life to your fullest and tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to everyone
That’s why you should live your life to the fullest
So if you should die on day
You have no regrets….
Couldn’t have said it better myself…

Fourth day you’re gone…
I realized that the good truly die young
You were always nice, kind and always laughing
Even if you weren’t that social…
Everyone’s hurting and everyone’s trying to recover
They said heaven needed a baller, that’s why he took you
Or that gods running out of angels and he needed a young man like you to replace em

It’s a new week since you been gone…
Everyone’s all cried out… trying to get back to the same ‘ol routine
Business class resumes as usual
But the seat beside me where you used to sit will always stay empty
Even though it seems as if everyone forgot about you…
You will always be remembered..
And so cause i dont wanna say goodbye to you..
ill just say goodnight to you!
RIP (gone but never forgotten)

Why?

283 reads and not a single comment... That's so strange!! Your poem is captivating and so harrowing!! I thought I could feel your pain throughout the lines. That was brilliant. Sad, but brilliant. Thank you for the poem.

It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop

:)

thank you for your comment:)
needless to say, that moment was very unexpected since he died in his sleep and it means a lot that you enjoyed it
writingg sometimes is the only way to gget the pain out you know?

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