I was sitting there giving everything my best efforts
out of nowhere I get a text message
telling me my best friend killed himself
my hands started trembling
couldn’t feel myself
didn’t wanna believe it
had to call my brother like
why would you deceive me
racing to my car because I had to see him
my neighbor stops me in tracks
before I could crash
called the morgue before I could ask I sat
and said
if she had someone there by the name of Tafari
she said yea that she was sorry
he jumped from the the 7th story
of building in Vegas
wondering if it was painless
the place where he was born
the place that I have sworn
to never eat me alive
there was a phone call
but there was no goodbye
the grief
disguised
as guilt
surprise
you’re human.
