Easy

Here we are 15 years on
I hear your name still echo along
Ohio fields, we grew up with the corn
Until our cells went haywire and wrong

We took our happenstance in stride
You always found the funny side
And jokes we told in hospital gowns
They tore our bodies up every way they knew how

I was a stone
Skipped true and made it through
Clear across the sea so cruel
Where you stayed

And it was all
Just a shadow I recall
Lost a summer and a fall
Got off easy anyway

I got the news, it came down hard
The world came through my eyes so dark
I went speeding down the California coast
High as hell and thinking like a ghost

Holding close the words you said
"This wasn't supposed to happen yet"
Till sirens pulled me over screaming red
I think I got off easy, I forget

I was a stone
Skipped true and made it through
Clear across the sea so cruel
Where you stayed

And it was all
Just a shadow I recall
Lost a summer and a fall
Got off easy anyway

So here we are, you and I
See your life laid out next to mine
And all the things I'll get to do in time
And time goes by, but it never does sit right
The mystery still burning in my mind

Now you're a stone
Skipping true and beautiful
Clear across a sea of memories
You made

And I guess
I hear your name a little less
It takes a while to forget
It's getting easier every day