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Good Mourning

Written by Quynh

 

 

09.08.2021

hey, sunshine, good mourning

it’s been a while since i’ve seen you,

i thought i might drop by

and catch you up on all the news. 

so, sunshine, what’s life like

six feet beneath the grass?

i know your dad, he meant to visit

but i guess he had to pass. 

look, sunshine, i brought you

a handful of sunflowers

remember, they were your favorite

and you could lie with them for hours?

but, sunshine, i miss you

even though its been so long

i miss the way your fingers danced

on guitar strings in a song. 

and sometimes, i think my friends are whispering

behind their hands at me

sometimes i think i’ll be lost to history

and i miss your loyalty.

sunshine, life’s been messy

even more so, as of late

see, sunshine, it hit me

out of nowhere yesterday; 

i’m about to outlive you

and your jacket is starting to fray

i’m almost older than you were

when the lake took you away. 

sunshine, how do i live with that?

the settling of life scores—

how do i go on like this?

how do i wake in the wake of yours?

 

 

 

Quynh is sixteen, and has spent all sixteen of her years in love with words. Language and lyric have been lifelines in a long line of learning and loss, poetry and fiction both instrumental to her heart. She currently lives in Northern California, where she may almost always be found with a pen in her hand.