Boy

I just saw the face

of a boy I knew last week.

It may not be my place

but I would like to speak.

You can wish your life away,

yeah, to your hearts content

but will you be happy

when your last breath has been spent

We won't know if our hearts

will get the best of us

but I know that fear

will not take mine

if we live in gratitude

to the best of our ability

we will all be fine

the boy could have been

just any one of us

he got caught in a mistake

his friends go on with their lives

I won't mention it for their sake

At what point did I

learn that some things die?

Sometimes you can't help it

Some fight to stay alive.