Haiku Sonnet for My Friend Jason

On the day we would have celebrated his 56th birthday

Writer’s photo. I couldn’t find a picture of Jason and didn’t want to ask Karen or Lauren to send me one. If you pull up this article, you’ll see the handsome man. I think he looks like John Lennon.

Sad and happy tale
You send warmth into my chest
From behind the veil

All thought you the best
Empathy and compassion
Heads above the rest

So many passions
Layered personalities
Own sense of fashion

Such complexities
Enjoyed life’s simple pleasures
That’s duality

Your soul is hearty and hale
To Jason lets hoist an ale

Last year I wrote a series of American cinquain on losses I have endured.

Jason
Friend since frosh year
Loss has not yet made sense
The greater purpose yet to be
Revealed

That reflected what I wrote regarding Jason in my wide-ranging (God, souls, rehab, Andrew’s suicide, favorite foods, favorite lyrics, love, power of music, etc.) self-portrait essay back in 2013.

I am saddened that Jason is not here to reconnect with me. I think of Jason often. How he would so enjoy seeing his real estate investment blossoming. He would be so frenetic. And having meals in…