For the Catfish

You shed your soul
Like a load that was too heavy
Now you are light
Like a leaf in the wind
Free from the pain
That you couldn’t get loose of
Needing too much
Was your only sin

Oh how we tried
To point you towards heaven
Though in our hearts
We all begged you to stay
Isn’t it odd
How despite all the darkness
You held onto so tightly
You found your own way

There’s so much we’ve left unsaid
Silence left unshattered
But all I wish that you could hear
Is that you really mattered

And what you’ve left
Is a whisper of silver
That threads through our stories
And lights up our song
Rest easy, my friend
And go light in forever
May the music inside you
Still guide you along

@ Amy Greenberg, CY2005