Twenty two tears

Twenty two tears I've cried
twenty two drops
it took twenty two minutes to bleed
from those twenty two cuts

it started to get dark
after twenty two breaths
those twenty two pills i took
puts the pain to rest

twenty two was the day
on the fifth month of the year
twenty two was how old
the man died from fear

twenty two times I've tried
to understand how he felt
twenty two times I've whispered sorry
that i wasn't there to help

twenty two times I've said
"there was nothing you could do"
twenty two times I've lied
just to make it through

twenty two hits from his bowl
twenty two beers I've drank
twenty two times I've thought
this all seems so fake

twenty two memories stand out
though there were many more
twenty two times I've tried to accept
that he didn't want to live anymore

twenty two tears I've cried
twenty two breaths i took
to calm myself enough
to take a twenty two second look

its funny to me
after all he went through
that even when he lays there now
he still looks younger than twenty two