I saw the report on the news today,
It shocked me right to the core,
I might not have known him personally,
But I’d never experienced grief before.

The emotion was crammed into my heart,
I didn’t know what to do,
I tried to fight it and tried to hide it,
And it was too urgent for me to construe.

No one really reflects on death,
Until they know someone who dies,
And when they reach the end of their life,
It’s far too late to say their goodbyes.

The truth is it could happen at any time,
Of the day, the month or the year,
So maybe we should all think a bit more,
So the end isn’t so unclear.