Shotgun

Don't start a war when I'm gone.

Don't shove newspapers down the throats of those

who didn't care if I was standing in front of

or lying beneath them.

Don't cry.

Don't shiver at those with the same name.

Don't try to solve a mystery like you're reading a novel

and I was nothing but a character.

Live on.

Keep going.

Don't look back.

Move forward.

I beg of you,

celebrate the times we had

when we felt like we could take on the world.

We were two kids who didn't even know death's name.

Don't start a war when I'm gone.

Get in your car and drive.

Go places you always wanted to.

I'll still be in the passenger seat.

Morning, night, forever.

I will smile when you smile.

I will see you do such great things.

When we said forever, I meant it.