About Sam
Sam has died and we look for answers Did a car crash kill him? Was it bacteria? Or some sheer bad luck maybe? Sam has died and it could Very well be our own damn fault That is not to say we’ve killed him Who is it that experiences death The chaos, despair, deep grief And the sense of loss Is it him, is it us? Sam has died And a part of us died with him Just like when a part of us was born When he was Without ever having paid a thought to death Never having appreciated its immediacy Having failed to respect its nature Its very potency We have allowed Sam to die Tragically Sam has died We were unprepared We didn’t really know him