Hallmark

You died just getting on with your life

Wasn't drugs, a car wreck, or a knife

Your pride could override all

So strong you just couldn't fall

Simple self-neglect killed you

But I'm guilty of some too

Carrying that guilt from now on

Who would have guessed you'd be soon gone

Knew you'd forgive - time to burn

Calls not returned

A legacy of loose ends

Not resting easy my old friend

The buddy I left behind me

A living, breathing memory

Six hundred miles not as far away

As six feet of dirt between us today

Life for you was never dull

I know you'd hate this deadly lull

Heavy silence muffling a cry

Begging for another try

Rest in peace they all say

I can't imagine you that way

But I'll come to say let it be

Remembering the lesson you taught me

Because I've at long last

We're all strong as iron, fragile as glass

It's much too late to ever show how much I care

Once a solid friendship is now a strange feeling in the air

I never wanted to make this boast

But now I can say some of my best friends are gone

We thought we'd watch each other's lives run on

Didn't really miss you old friend 'til you were dead and gone

Used to be one of those things I feared the most

But now I can say some of my best friends are gone