Requiem

G!

No composer in the history
Of music seemed to have
Written more than one
Requiem.

It makes sense, because
Death only comes once.

By definition a requiem is
A mass for the dead; the
Departed; the deceased.

I wonder if composers
Had in mind the mentally
Defeated teenagers of
Today as well as recently-
Rendered corpses when
They sat down to pen
Requiems.

I wonder if a composer
Has ever written a requiem
For soul-crushed high-school
Students; in our world, it seems
The mortality rate of the mind has
Risen above the mortality rate of
The body and flesh. It seems this
Mortality rate is most prevalent
Among teenagers.

If a requiem were written for
Such teenagers, I hope it is
In the key of B-flat minor.