Ricki

Your smile was true

Despite losing the light

You taught me how to treat the day

Like an adventure, to laugh in the face of darkness

'Keep your head up,'

You'd imply

'Because there's always someone worse off.'

We're all on equal playing fields

Even if you left us so early

We truly are nothing

Past, present and future

Now the rest of us will do

As we do

To stay alive, like your memory

Without the safety on, of course