Farewell my Brother

Bro,

You left me in state of emptiness, a void in space and time I don’t feel very often.

I am lost for words. The burden you carried you chose to carry it alone.

The darkness you spoke of had clouded your vision and blocked your ears,

Towards the end my voice carried no weight, well, let them be heard now.

With trees of green and red roses blue, this realm we shared had surely grew.

We bonded in green and grew in the blue, we traversed through life in this fragment of time,

With the music we shared and the waves we rode, the flickens, the biffens and all the wrestling too.

We skated, we rode, we smoked and black toothed too,

You bitched of your throat, which we loved about you, and now the next shot will be without you.

What makes me real sad bro,

I am sad that you won’t get to see the sun rise and the sun set in your grandkid’s eyes,

I am mad because you took that choice away from them and now they won’t see them in yours.

You left abruptly and you will be missed.

I’ve lost another brother and another big part of me is lost too.

They say time heals and this is true,

But the hole in the heart remains.

You have had a good life, leaving memories shared, with many families and friends.

Who you know cared.

Those that know us know our blood runs deep,

You are an inaugural piece of a unique band of brothers.

You may have left this realm and traversed to the next,

But, I know in my heart, you’ll have some wicked wings things waiting for us on the flip.

Through the Dire Straits and your fields of destruction,

Bro,

I’ve witnessed your suffering as your battles raged high.

Your last vision was mist covered mountains,

And now you will become the dust from which we came.

We listened intently to our Brothers in Arms

And we know there are many different worlds, so many different suns.

Though we have just one world, we soon learn there are many different ones.

Your last lap of the sun may have been hell for you,

And our moon still rides high.

We’re fools to make war,

and with this I bid you farewell,

my Brother in Arms.