Nettles For the Dead
One friend's loss
is enough to grieve
Two friends gone
Is enough to weep
Three friends lost
is enough to die
When did the world
become so lonely?
When did the dark
become so full
of shadows?
The strength I had
was lost long ago
In the ghosts of who
I thought I could love
Their faces
reflect hate
and anger
I can never
understand
Gone into
silence
forever
hating
what I am
Who I thought I was
My heart has
shattered
into a thousand shards
of broken glass
And when I sleep
never to wake again
remember this
roses are for the loved
violets are for the remembered
daisies are for the forgotten
nettles are for the dead
So line my coffin with nettles and daisies
forget who I was
forget who I thought I was to be
And throw my ashes to the wind
so they may be caught by the sea
is enough to grieve
Two friends gone
Is enough to weep
Three friends lost
is enough to die
When did the world
become so lonely?
When did the dark
become so full
of shadows?
The strength I had
was lost long ago
In the ghosts of who
I thought I could love
Their faces
reflect hate
and anger
I can never
understand
Gone into
silence
forever
hating
what I am
Who I thought I was
My heart has
shattered
into a thousand shards
of broken glass
And when I sleep
never to wake again
remember this
roses are for the loved
violets are for the remembered
daisies are for the forgotten
nettles are for the dead
So line my coffin with nettles and daisies
forget who I was
forget who I thought I was to be
And throw my ashes to the wind
so they may be caught by the sea