Lessons in Life

So this is to say,

I guess I want to suggest

that Greg taught me

a few lessons in life,

how to succeed

even in the midst of failure,

how to seize the moment,

not in the ways

others will see

but how they make sense

in the moment,

or even outside of them,

to be grateful

even when nothing makes sense,

to look for the inescapable

in the face of the inexplicable.

I don't know.

I thought I could explain it better,

but even now, 

what I really have

is what I've always had,

this strange relationship

with a stranger named Greg,

the best friend I ever had.