Riley
Left, they say,
Gone, they say,
Another one bites the dust, they say.
But he wasn’t even 20 yet,
And still his life was taken away.

What, we ask,
Why, we ask,
Was it fair to take his life, we ask.
But fate will always carry on,
Regardless of its task.

Go, I scream,
Leave, I scream,
I don’t want people near me, I scream.
But people don’t understand,
I need to be alone to dream.

Silence is there,
Tears are there,
The hundreds of sad faces are there.
But it won’t fill the gaping hole,
In me, they don’t see through my stare.

Riley, I read,
Died, I read,
Quietly, the rest of the stone, I read.
But still it won’t bring him back,
I have to be strong in the life I led.