ashes to ashes...

by Antwan Fields - Aries

the guns sounded loudly over the coffin of the president
and as we stood in the rain
i kept my head down and let the rain disguise my tears
i put my arm around jimmy 
jim's went around jesse
and as we watched our commander in chief being laid to rest
we turn and walk away, sadness in all our hearts
but it wasn't the president of the u.s we were crying over
it was the president of our club
the weepin we did was for selfish reasons 
reasons we would never admit 
we all loved him 
and our reasoning for crying was shit
and we cried as we marched on in the rain 
down to the gravesite 
to listen to  the reverend as he began to recite
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
we are gathered here today to observe the passing of 
(our presiden't name) and i was angered
why 
we were the only people there
and jimmy began to cry harder
and i just wanted to know
did his family care?
did god care that he was gay??
is my friend in heaven...or hell?
 

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2000-10-19 14:26:20
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:54
Poem ID: 58041

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