a private eulogy

2026 May 6

i dreamed you were
driving us fast on
tight roads you knew
so much better than me

and i dreamed i was
watching your eyes
fixed on the road
hands gripped tight
steering us on to
wherever doesn't matter

i dreamed we were scared
though neither of us said
as you glanced over grinning
and i was so proud to be
with you going against
everything to be with me

while in the waking world
our brief young discoveries
so long ago i will remember
for the both of us even
as nobody else will ever know
who shaped our basic hearts
in our final, last goodbye