absolutely forever

after
i had began
really
sinking my
brain's
teeth into the
notion
that my recently
deceased father
is gone
forever,
i remember
an old
wise man
from india
at the liquor
store up
the way
that
said one
night
that
you
will
start
feeling old
when you begin
losing your parents
and
nothing truer
was spoken
to me
lately
cause
right now
i
feel
older
than i ever
thought
i
would
at
the
tender
young
age
of
36.