for trent

i am going to miss you, trent. you knew how to live your life, and i'm sure you still do. alive--the glory and disproportionate unabashed reveling that was yours--you knew how to really live. myself, i'm just a corner hermit, coming out into the light occasionally, mostly because you coaxed me. and maybe i am prone to exaggerate, but no one will care if i do so in memory of you. hey, remember me up there in the great beyond. i haven't forgotten you down here in the mediocre right-now. don't worry about us down here, we can make it, as long as we remember to live. i know you read over my shoulder the poetry i won't show anyone else, the stories i deem unfit for human consumption. maybe you could drop me a note sometime and let me know how i am doing. i'll see you when i get there, someday. i am going to miss you, trent. i love you.

--in memory of trent--