Dark River

Furious friends of a dark river 

You float downstream alone.

Francesca Woodman,

Avicii

Marilyn

Chris 

Cobain

Winehouse-

You were all James Deans.

I never knew you, 

Unlike those who shared your fame

Yet, I felt you go.

Each name laid to rest,

Gravity weakened

Earth weighed a little less

There is a terrible fascination

Passion that comes with grief.

Somehow still,

I don't know why,

But truly,

I miss you now and always will.

Children recently old 

But bolder than most,

You went to meet the ocean 

Kissed the tide when it was low

Floated in silence out to sea, 

Each a lady of shallott

Cursed by the pop icon goddess Irony,

Modernity's la belle dame sans merci.

Perhaps, by dying before decline,

Glasses still full of wine,

You must linger like troubled saints,

Innocent, incorrupt.

We mourn for you,

Because,

We cannot mourn ourselves.

Furious friends of dark river

You float downstream alone.