With this year being the 20th since my father passed, a lot of memories and feelings have resurfaced. Twenty years later and I am still having issues processing the fact he is no longer with us. I know he is better off than having to deal with the liver and throat cancer that was ravaging his body there at the end. He was only 50...which I am only 5 years away from being myself. This past Sunday, I sat down and begin to write and this is what emerged. I know I am no song writer...but as I was listening to "Victim" by Avenged Sevenfold...the words just flowed out...

“On The Day I Die"

On the day I die
Will I know I'm dead?
I see the faces of my family and friends
Looking down at me with with faces of sadness,
not ones of fear and despair

As they file by slowly at a solemn pace
Realizing life is a journey, not some kind of race
I see the faces of those of whom I care
Their countenance on full display
Just do one thing for me, before the lid is closed forever

Promise me

To live your life, and carry on with your dreams
Keep me in your heart and mind
Remember me as the one thing I strived to be as best I could...

A friend

Loyal to the end...to a fault at times
This is the beginning of a new journey
Not the end

I know not where it leads
Just keep my memory with you
And we will make this journey together
Friends until the end...