I never knew who you were

I didn’t even know you’re name

Yet now you’re touching my heart

And ever reeling in my mind

How can a boy so great as you seem

Want to end it all with a future so bright

You were the best at what you did

You shot scores higher than I can dream

But then you took your talent

And used it against your own soul

Now you’re another gravestone

With an unnaturally short timeframe

1989-2006, so young, so soon

I never knew you, nor would I ever

Yet your death, your murder

Has touched my heart in ways I’ll ne’er know

Is it because no one knows what happened?

Is it because I can relate to how you felt?

Or is it simply because I’m tired of death?

I’ll ne’er know why it happened

And I’ll never understand how

But this I know, and this please know

That your death has touched me

And countless others grieve night and day for you

People I’ve never met have been hurt by you

And here I am, a complete stranger

Yet touched all the same

I won’t say you died in vain

But I will say, may God give you the peace you seek

And with you, my heart will be

So I’ll say good luck and goodbye

To the boy I never met, yet still mourn for

May God bless your soul, Chad