You Did Not Go

for Michael Egerton

Kicking screaming
crying bleating
you did not go

Complaining, bitching
swearing offending
you did not go

Showing your misery
your failure your strife
you did not go

Stronger smarter
quicker better
you did not show

You did not show
your pain or anger
your sadness and hurt
but I saw and did not feel

I saw, and did not know

For you did not go
loudly or recklessly
messily or forcefully

You walked away
closed the door
and left this world

Unknowing and misunderstanding
wondering waiting wanting worrying
woefully yearning

You went
Forgotten

You went

alone.