37 days before
And she was living
Just the way she liked
Surrounded by thousands of pages
And the scent of smoke
14 days before
And she was celebrating
Just the way she knew how
Surrounded by friends and brisk air
And the scent of alcohol
3 days before
And she was drunkenly laughing
Just the way she felt was right
Surrounded by love
And the scent of the night sky
During
And she was drunk
Just the way she thought she should be
Surrounded by flashing lights
then darkness
And the scent of white flowers
37 days before
And she was living
Just the way she liked
Surrounded by thousands of pages
And the scent of smoke
14 days before
And she was celebrating
Just the way she knew how
Surrounded by friends and brisk air
And the scent of alcohol
3 days before
And she was drunkenly laughing
Just the way she felt was right
Surrounded by love
And the scent of the night sky
During
And she was drunk
Just the way she thought she should be
Surrounded by flashing lights
then darkness
And the scent of white flowers
2 days after
And they were weeping
Just the way they knew they should be
Surrounded by the memory of her
And the scent of lingering smoke
16 days after
And they were remembering
Just the way they wondered
Surrounded by her collection of pages
And the scent of burned candles
59 days after
And they were reading her pages
Just the way she had
Surrounded by her
And the scent of summer flowers
114 days after
And they were settling
Just the way she meant for them
Surrounded by the maze
And her idea of getting out
115 days after
And nothing would ever quite be the same
Just how she mysteriously loved them
She was gone but they knew how
And she had left them the only way she knew
Straight and fast.
By Jamie Sugai