Because you kids fall like maple leaves

I was friends with this kid once 

and I can remember laughing-

smiles splitting and growing

as we played the coconut shy 

And God a few weeks later she

hit her head so hard- 

I remember that I told somebody that her 

being gone had broken

the bones of my own heart

And now I sit,  

with pools of blood oozing -

And God I think 

I’m so sorry I’m sorry girl

it should have been me 

and my broken bone heart

Because you kids fall like maple leaves

while we rot making sweet peace with the dark