how important you are

why is it

that when you're dead

folks speak words never said 

before your face

she was so good

really someone unique

special in his own right

who will replace him

while all you did

was close your eyes

pressed a smile
if 

that's how you died

to rot

while others claim your dough

walk you to court

your will in hand

thus you lay still

in burial clothes

because soon enough

they will be gone

*Out

of light 

of darkness

of every

I am

at play 

on the edge 

of the deep

I miss 

being 

in 

but more 

and more 

I miss 

being 

out!

-Jerry Schroeder, Cap.