The Ultimate Lessons

I remember you taught me, All the things that you knew, All the jokes that you told, And what a simple smile could do. You showed me happier times, When the world just seemed grey, You told me to look up, And the clouds went away. One day I found out, That you had to say goodbye You assured me it wasn’t your choice, And I couldn’t help but cry. After you were gone, People felt they had to fix me From letters to cards To even putting me in therapy. The cards I never read, And the letters remained unopened I never truly saw a point, To make my life disillusioned. I was kicked out of therapy For laughing too much, Because what they told me, Was others were much worse off. I guess that comes down to your lessons too, But I can’t really complain when I had much better things to do. Like smile and laugh And see the world around me Not wallow in sorrow But see everyday’s beauty. It’s because of you, That I push myself hard And it’s all your fault, That my world remained starred. It was your lessons that taught me, To face the world with a grin, Never ceasing to imagine, The wonders within You inspired me in life, And even more so, in death, Because I will always remember your lessons, Till my last dying breath.