Lorenzo

Uncooked grains of rice caked our apartment. Dug themselves into my pliable plantar aspect I welcomed you from the bottom of my being, Into my soul, A friend that made me feel whole. You dreamt of delicious dishes dancing In the taste buds of those you loved, An acid trip of flavors meant for those Whose love you longed to savor, But never did. You died just a kid. Twenty-one years full of Unrealized dreams and the Omnipresent discomfort you felt within. All the while you smoked away your Smile that I still picture, No matter the number of miles I drive deep between my ankles and The skyline of Philadelphia. At your funeral I wondered Of all those years we could have plundered. Would you have been the best man at my wedding? Would we have had a falling out? Would you have found the woman you loved? There are many things we could have talked about… As those loose grains of rice Free themselves into my footsteps. I pound the ground into paddies, And flood the fertile ground With a deluge of despondent tears. A future with you was uncertain, But one without you is full of fears. I am leaving trail of scattered rice fields So you can find me again, my dearest friend.