Twenty-Two

Another March 4th

Has come and gone

And left you behind:

Forever twenty-two.

More years gone by now

Than you had in this life.

So many years

So many toasts

From the friends you left behind.

For you Twenty-Two

Was victory

As well as tragedy.

We know how well you used

The time you had.

Yet still it seems unfair

After all this time

That such a bright life

Should go out of this world

And leave the rest of us

Fumbling for a match.

I'll light a candle

Pour a drink

And think of you tonight.

Forever Twenty-Two.

In memory of
Craig Alan Erickson
08/17/67-03/04/90