cautionary

did i give you
enough
tools for living

when they told you
you couldn't stay?

did i prepare you
for
the nights of terror

that surely would
come your way?

did i help you
toughen
up your insides

when the outsides
were getting grey?

did you believe
it would happen

when the sunshine
went away?

hard living comes
at the twinkling
of an eye

don't blink

(gone)