All The Best Guys Are Dead

Wish I could've met you
when you were still alive,
but this will have to do.  

Videos and interviews--
I can see the real you, a kindred soul,
your demanding presence,
your wry smile,
behind everything else.

So now that you've skedaddled
in the middle of all your raging prime,
let's get to know each other, through the veil.

I would have laughed at all your dark jokes.
I would have been flinging my own, right next to you.
I would have waited in line for you.

Maybe it's me?
Michael died, after hardly a pittance of time together.
Maybe you saw me coming and said  "Oh shit....gotta go!"

I would have walked through the woods with you.
I would have understood your thoughts
I would have seen your shock value, and raised you one

Good on you, for cleaning yourself up
while you still had the time to do it.
Do you have any regrets?
Anything you want me to tell anyone, (or myself) ?

Portals are a real thing--
do you watch this realm, sometimes?
Did you see the young guy on YouTube
who plays your music
and sounds just like you
so much that it brings tears to the eyes?

I guess the one good thing
about falling in love with you, now
is that I can play it all out
in my mind
just the way I want it to happen.

No one gets hurt
No one argues
We're both always happy.

Meet me back here
and we'll talk some more, next time
Ok?

You were a good man, you know.