Death is a necessary evil

I can admit that much is true

The world gives and takes at random

There is not much you can do

Though maybe the most unfair of all

That makes the strongest cry

How many lives are snatched away

Without a chance to say goodbye?

She passed away in the dead of night

Her room deserted, completely bare

He overdosed in the hotel tub

And no one else was there

Two cars colliding in a blaze of smoke

Not even enough time to scream

The bullet piercing through their chests

Leaves nothing behind but bad dreams

How many closed their eyes not knowing

It would be for the last time?

They couldn’t have predicted

How fast things can turn on a dime

Now their friends and family feel lost

Without the closure they deserve

A life taken in a single blink

How could fate have such nerve?

I don’t believe that death is wrong

Or that man should never die

I only wish that every person

Had a chance to say goodbye