Saudade For Friends I Have Lost

Saudade for friends I have lost as I get older I lose more people every year more people I knew have died moving on and I mourn their lost friendship wished I had been a better friend for them and knew them better and with the corona virus spreading around the world I will lose so many more in the coming year as the virus spreads its malignancy far and wide I lost my father due to cancer in 1985 and my sister due to a freak illness in 2007 and my mother due to Alzheimer’s in 2005 and my father-in-law as well in 2007 Demel Tucker high school debate teammate dead of HIV in 1995 Julian Bartley and his son died in a terrorist bombing in Nairobi in 1998 Jon Weber college roommate dead due to prostate cancer in 2000 Paul Simon friend from the visa line dropped dead of a heart attack in 2004 Ted Halstead one of my best bosses died of heart attack in 2007 Chris Richard one of my former bosses from my days in Bangkok dropped dead of a heart attack shortly before we were due to have lunch in 2014 and so many others I have lost along the way and soon there will be so many more as I get old in the corona era