What We Didn't Know We Lost

 Ever have a friend or relative that you lost track of for years, only to find out that they passed away? It's an odd feeling. I don't know if there's really any such thing as closure in human life, but you still feel like something was lost. Like you wished you could have found or connected with them again...

Just putting those thoughts into cadence here.

I never got to see you

Once more before you left forever

One thing that I’ve learned is true

Is life is as uncertain as the weather

They say that death is not the end

And each end brings us to something new

But I wanted to talk with you again

And now that’s something that I’ll never do

I don’t know why you were away so long

Or what you even did while you were there

And I’ll never know now that you’re gone

I won’t waste my breath to say this ain’t fair

I’m sad for all the time we lost

Chapters in each other’s lives we never read

Despite wishes, summer always turns to frost

And I’ll never get more gold from this lead

For I never got to see you

Once more before you left forever

And one thing that I’ve learned is true

Is life is as uncertain as the weather

~ Gideon Hodge