If I should leave this world without saying goodbye,
forget the past, full of grudges, mistakes
If I don't say, "I love you" know I do
Should our years apart delay memories
haunted by old friends now missing or gone
obviously, we have little time left
under the circumstances, I must say
left to our own devices, we find God
demonstrated by the absence of friends
Leave this world and go where, heaven or hell
eventually, the metaphors fall flat
as conceits for the Afterlife, we see
virtual reality through goggles
eclipses medieval reality
This world of friends, we grew up together
hidden character flaws may hold us back
in accomplishing goals, yet we're still friends
stuck in a slice of time simply our own
Worlds within worlds, the imagination
of fanciful ideas, treasure troves lost,
reason pushed aside, logic in the lurch
left alone in a bed called a gurney
dying in solitude, beyond this room
Wondrous ideas play golf, surf swelling waves,
insane men and women fly to the moon,
to space with telescopes to photograph
honor bright, the universe thus observed
old ideas make way for the newest plans
underway since the dawn of consciousness
trouble is, we're not here to see them through
Saying goodbye is final, I'll just say
adieu, à bientôt, see you later,
yesterday, we played football on the pitch
instead of a rematch, we must forfeit
noble activity for a service
given in memory of our keeper
Granted, I don't know what comes after this
only the uncertain are most certain,
order the universe how you so choose,
demons and angels, the devil and God,
break bread while we still can to make our peace
yes, I love you dear friends, now here, now gone
ever-present in mind, deep in my heart.
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