I’m trying to think of the time I last saw you
Did we have a good natter and a drink that night
Every day that goes by, I think more and more of you
What were your last words, I can’t recite
Next I see you in the chapel of rest
Where I’m holding on, fighting back the tears
Trying to be strong but feeling depressed
Broken inside because we lost the years
But you’re gone now and that’s the end of it all
No more calls in the day to talk about The Weeknd
You’ve got no more to say since you had that fall
I wish I could hear you once more young friend
So many years you wanted to fit in
So much agony and tears and all for what
To feel good that you’re one with your kin
But my dear boy, you were a diamond uncut
I often think now about the 27 club
How you joked about Jimi, Joplin and Cobain
I wanted to come by and see you at the pub
And talk about those guys again and again
But life gives and takes from day to day
And we all have to pick ourselves off the floor
To think about laughing and learning to play
Not to forget but to keep asking for more
So let me tell you something my young friend
You are my hero, my idol, my superman
I am proud to have known you till the end
My dearest, sweetest, gentlest young man
-- Nima Razavi
Nima
11th September 2019