Forever Twenty-One

He was only twenty-one, too young to disappear. Too much life

still in his life, too many plans right here. We drove nowhere,

talked all night. Thought we had time on our side. Street lights blurred

like fireflies, windows down, summer skies. Never thought the road we knew

would be the last thing leading here. They say it was quick,

they say no pain, but they don't know what stayed. I remember the

good times, the reckless laughs, feeling untouchable, moving too fast. Now every memory

hits like glass 'cause the safest place I knew didn't last. You were my