Carrying Your Ghost #29

I sit down

Beside your

Grave

And we talk

But only

The timeless

Dakota sky

And ever present

Prairie wind

Will ever know

What we

Really said

Though there was

One thing

I wish

I would have

Told you

When I had

The chance

And looking back

I think

It may have

Been the reason

I hold

Your memory

So dear

It’s simply this

You were

An easy friend

And I hope

That somehow

You can

Understand

It never

Took work

To know you

To help you

To talk

With you

And even when

Things got weird

Between you

And the girl

Who would break

Your heart

Your will

Even when

You were hiding

From her

In my

Backseat

It was easy

To be

Your friend

And you will

Never know

Just how rare

That quality

Can be

Or just

How much

That ever meant

To me

And now

I realize

Though it may

Have been hard

To lose you

Leave you

Live through

Your death

The easiest part

Has always been

Will always be

Carrying your Ghost

And that’s

An honor

For which

I will always be

Grateful

-08/21/2007