Ode to Keith

By Sam Duval - Cofer
The topic of this blog post is death. Sorry for the somber subject of discussion. However, I wanted to know more about the phenomenon that links us as human beings more than anything else. More than the air in our lungs, or the beats that rattle our hearts, it’s the silence that overtakes all of that at the end. Today, I discovered I lost a friend. Not too sure how to deal, when you’ve lost someone that’s meant a lot to you that you never realized meant a lot to you until they were irrevocably gone…vanished from existence and all your left with is this transcendental feeling of where did they go and can I go to? Why are you leaving me here? Have these questions ever crossed your mind?
To keep my mind from getting stuck, I wrote these words of remembrance to honor my friend. Hoping it would bring me some solace, some comfort, some understanding.
ODE TO KEITH  
What’s in a friend?
A friend is one who makes you smile;
Who makes you laugh?
Who stays in your heart,
And defends on your behalf.

They don’t tickle your fancy
No, not one bit
They give you the Truth
Even when you don’t ask for it

They inspire you to do better
 And be better
To continue on with all your might
If you fall, dust yourself off
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Your special skills
 Cannot go unnoticed
You’re a trailblazer, a gem,
a diamond in the rough, the flotus

How will we ever go on
Without your unique, quirky charm?
You came and went so quickly
And broke down all alarms

We shed our tears,
And said our goodbyes
Now all we have left are great memories,
Smiles, laughs, and good time highs.
 
Goodbye Keith Andrew Granit RIP