Let’s not try to find
meaning or reasons,
or give ourselves over
to that ‘there is a purpose
in it all’ religious crap.
Let’s not lie and find
false comfort in fanciful
explanations and cheap
consolations that offer
nothing in the end at all.
This young boy died and there
is no one to blame, and no
fingers to point, for he lies
still now and so let us hold each
other in tears and say that we
had him once and he brought joy
and he caused life, and we
are grateful for his stay, however
short it was upon this planet
where the morning sun does rise.
16/8/2022