Such n Such

What am I to do

What do you do

When we search to know how someone is doing

And the table is set

With hearts on a plate

Served to you and me

Such raw feelings of loss

When ours is the bitter taste of destiny

When we ask Google

What about Such n Such

And a cemetery link appears

When screens hold forever

The question all beg not to be asked

"Would you like more information

About Such and Such"

Such a cross we bear

For us, the living

Who, without the will

Click—YES

Finally, to sit back in disbelief

It was only yesterday we danced as life played for us …

Today

A thousand heart monitors

Have alerted the nurses

I look up

They ask if I am alright

What if I say

My schoolmate

My ole workmate

The one I never forgot

The one who made me laugh

Now a number in a plot …

I think they just looked me up

And I wonder –

If you on the other side

Will even remember

Me as Such n Such

When the heavenly phone rings

I imagine each heart answers

The same — with the hope

Such n Such says hello

I can almost touch now

The face of Such n Such

Even as they turn away

They stop to say

Thank you for caring

Searching for me in your heart

Thank you for

Remembering me

I am sorry we lost touch

So, when you arrive

I will look you up

With Love — Such n Such

See you soon — Signing off —

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