Above My Head

When I had just turned sixteen I met a girl through a friend. I think she was fifteen. We spent the summer confiding in each other. I never saw her again. I would sometimes do a search on her name to see if I could find out where she landed. I was spelling her name wrong. I recently found out she died. I felt such a loss. I never told anyone about her and now those memories would only be mine. Shared memories start to fade and die as we get older.

I knew a girl

She played me her favorite songs

I remember it was summer

By September she was gone

I knew a girl

She treated me so kind

She came in through the window

She told me

Everything was fine

She told me to kiss her lips

She told me to take my time

I knew a girl

She was bright eyed

And I was under siege

With her around

Oh man I did not bleed

The stars were bright above my head

Her breath was in my ear

The final days of summer

Oh man they just disappeared

I ran across her obituary

On a cloudy day in May

It said she died in Florida

A thousand miles away

And a friend would scatter her ashes

On the gulf coast

Some day

Every breath you take

Some day

Every toll of the bell

Every moment you spend

Wading in the wishing well

Bothers and sisters

Lend me your hand

For the great unknown

Has been taken again

The all knowing

Nothing to say