The gate opened with the usual rickety click
In procession are cars following a hearst so dimly lit
Inside lay a body cold, breathless, lifeless and stiff
At peace without suffering now as it reached death
Cars of friends, relatives, love ones moving slowly at a lazy pace
The deafening silence of everyone is deep without pretense
With tears held back and with heavy shoulders drawn
As if no one wants to be near here on their own
Gathered in close proximity in a cloud filled day
As raindrops start to fall at the beginning of the ceremony
You can hear silent sobs as it gets to be louder
As they bid their goodbyes to a dear lost loved one
The wooden casket was heavy and wide
The hands that held it were full of warmth but tired
Slowly they lowered it to that hole underground
Down under six feet where that wooden casket stopped
The final home for a body that's flat, burnt out
The forever resting place of a life worn out
That cold playground where no one is around
Where only absence, emptiness and silence abound...
on 6-25-'09, at 2:26 PM one year ago, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead...his fame and fortune contributed to his very early demise. his fame because he can't just take avail of what you and me can in an ordinary setting, that when we're sick we can just go in a hospital without fear of being mugged by the paparazzi. his wealth allowed him to buy drugs that are not supposed to be dispensed outside a hospital environment. he was medically naive and did not get the proper medical advice, attention and care that he could have gotten so easily with his amount of money. i never thought that he can perform as well as he had done then in the past not because of his age but because of his health. he appeared so frail and so thin then. one year after his death, his dad, Joseph Jackson has filed a wrongful death case against Dr. Murray, the doctor who was around him on his last day on earth. there is a conspiracy theory as well that he was intentionally killed because of greed, because of money which is kinda sad if you think about it. death does not discriminate, rich or poor, somebody or nobody, with talent or not, a legend or a lesser human being, young or old, if one's end is reached, one will have to bid farewell, one will have to go down the earth of just simply vanish forever and never be seen alive again...i still shed a tear, less tears but the sadness is still the same for an incredible superstar like no other. Elvis was big, but Michael conquered the world...
