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survivor guilt that we are elders now
only because the young absent themselves?
death by one's own hand puzzles all close-
the WHY? more important than the HOW?
So young! Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
to self-extinguish all Light and hope and life
To not trust in continuation /whether depression
or a Trough Of Despond took this young one down
and took him out of the daily gauntlet we assent to...
(we do not know-unless a note was left (like Kurt Cobain
dare we assume departure was an accident?
and if deliberate-for how long this nightmare nursed?
It is what we love binds us to this planet
When that glue unsticks and the fabric unravels
we fall through the holes and exit ourselves
It is important to consider the possibility of extinction
It is more important to release those thoughts
so that each magic moment affirms and assures each of us
we are all connected,even when nights are dark and full of falling stars
and days are full of heated interrogations.