You died before I had time
To say hello.
Instead, I stand among our family
In saying goodbye.
My imagination of what
Would have and could have been
Takes me to another place
I do not know; is that where you are?
The unknown land,
The place of no evil?
I stare longingly at the dirt
That protects you like a blanket.
Like the blanket
I used at night to
Shield myself
From the monsters.
I would have let you
Borrow it, But
You died before I had time
To say hello.