The Wake

A wake is the strangest of places

With people that are all in a daze

It makes you tearful and also fearful

And time to change your ways.

The body that we all knew has gone

The feelings of sadness are tough

It will leave a scar whoever you are

But the thoughts are erased soon enough.

We all have a toast to their life

It's a thing that we all hate to do

They went far too soon, you gaze round the room

One day they'll be drinking to you.