Gone So Young

by Pixie L. Rigsby

I did not know you all that well

I could not see your private hell

I saw a kid, troubled but good

A nice new neighbor in our neighborhood

I remember your smile, you were so polite

We talked about Harry Potter and smoked outside

I liked you, but closer I didn’t look

You’ll never know what happened in the 7th book

It became too much, your struggle and strife

You felt you had to take your life

Goodbye little man, gone so young

Eighteen, your life had just begun