Epitaph

Our grandma said,

Don't go to the swamp

So there we were

You and I

I sank into the bog

You grabbed my hand

And saved my life that day

 

Was it true that you'd found

A dead body in the lake?

 

You left me wordless

You were bigger than life

Even when nobody else 

Seemed to think so 

You let us down 

You cheated, you lied 

But I know it was the guilt 

Inside you

 

Every time we offered help 

You bit the hand that fed you 

You gave us hope 

Then you took it away

Many times you crossed the line

Yet we had one last Christmas together 

 

You left me wordless

You were bigger than life 

And everyone else saw it too

You delivered, you nailed it 

You posed and they cried. 

I know it was the fire inside you

 

I dream of you every night

I talk with you every night

You are In my dreams every night 

 

I miss our humor and language 

That died with you

I miss our humor and language 

That died with you

You left me wordless

You were bigger than life 

And everyone else saw it too 

You delivered, you nailed it

You posed and they cried 

I know it was the fire inside you 

You left me wordless

You were bigger than life 

And everyone else saw it too

You delivered, you nailed it

You posed and they cried

I know it was the fire inside you

Our grandma said

Don't go to the swamp

So there we were

You and I