Whiskey

We never said goodbye

You ended it with 'how are you?'

Little I knew back then

The tea I made for you

In those chaotic festivities

Would be the last one

I would make for you

We never said goodbye

I drink in your memory

Not the foolish tea

That didn't know better

Just like me

A Jameson, you may have cherished

After all, my first drink 

Was indeed with you

When all you asked was 'how are you'

We never said goodbye

And I don't want to wish

That I could drink your last drink with you

That would have been silly, risky 

And here I toast to you

in all these countries

With all their best whiskey

As we never said goodbye

And you left me with the question of 

"How are you?" ...Forever 

An ultimate answer I look for

You won't be here to hear

And the efforts I put for it 

are beyond and dear...

...Perhaps, just like you are

Beyond, dear, not here...

 

 

-Al