To my friend

Again, I really can't believe that April is almost over. The next Global Poetry Writing Month can't come quick enough!

Today's challenge is to write an elegy. This is no mean feat as it requires, in my opinion, doing someone you miss and love justice in but a few words and with a conclusion of hopefulness.

As my grandparents' deaths are still far too raw, I'm going to write an elegy for a friend. I doubt it will be any easier though...

Moon boy

You once told me the crescent moon

looked like a banana in the sky,

that I should toast marshmallows there

You showed me your art with pride –

an abstract waterfall

on your bedroom floor

I glimpsed a piece of your heart

in your midnight poetry

and birthday cards

Your kindness and love

shone in your eyes;

your life told a story

But you left a legacy, an example –

big shoes to fill

and a hole in our hearts

Now you toast marshmallows 

on your banana moon –

 one day, I will join you