Literature
What Would Have Been
What Would Have Been...
Had you not died....
The pain and the loss,
Was greater than we could bear,
So we sealed it away,
To reflect on it another day.
Today would be your birthday,
But your funeral has been done,
Can't hide the tears,
As I think of what I could have done.
If only I had been stronger,
And trained a little bit harder,
If only I had been smarter,
and known you a bit longer,
Then you would not have died,
And I would not have to say good-bye,
To a friend,
A Mentor,
A Father and Grandpa as well,
To a Leader,
Courageous,
Strong and True,
To the Third Hokage,
That is YOU!
- Eulogy of Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of the Leaf Villa