Black and White

I thought of you the other day, I don't know why
Two young boys on the first day of school, you and I
Sharing lunch on the playground and playing games
We were both shy and quiet and became best friends
Two small boys happy and full of future dreams
Two angels looking down from above, watching over us

Our friendship endured for all those years
Every day after school, weekends, birthdays, holidays
We were always together, we were like brothers
Inside myself I feel a hint of sadness within you
But we are just kids, still having fun and dreaming
We never payed mind to the angels above

My mind is jerked rudely, harshly to the future
The future that I thought would shine so bright for us
Surrounded by dark suits and sombre faces I stand
I look at your mother and tears rob me of my voice
For you are not there anymore, and will never be again
Sadness that you were not taken, but took your own hand

I stand distraught, trying to make sense. Emotions rage
Angry at your selfish act, guilty I never saw it coming
We had gone our separate ways to follow those dreams
But your dreams were not realized and that was too much
I now know you reached out to me in those last few weeks
But I did not realize because I was chasing my own dream

The news when I heard it hit me so fast and so hard
Speechless, cold as if all life had been sucked from me
The memory of two boys on the first day of school
So full of promise, now never to be fulfilled, even today
Still brings tears to my eye, because we were brothers, with
Two angels looking down above us, one black and one white