Party Rat Jack

Dear Jack, thank you for sharing with me. You showed me that life can change in an instant,  even if it isn’t yours that changes.

 

Jack Lucky.

Party Rat Jack.

Glowing red passion that ignites the engine,

An engine that runs off of theatre, cinematic masterpieces,

But best of all,

Jokes.

Your engine drives the motorcycle that is your life,

Cruising in style from coast to coast.

You let the wheel steer in its own direction,

Redirecting only when danger is imminent.

Party Rat Jack,

You’ve been through a lot.

Traffic collisions unlike others.

They didn’t just take away a mangled motorcycle,

But the life of a friend far before too soon.

An honorary stage hand,

seen to many as a man of luck, a man that lives at night,

A lucky party rat.

You were lost down East, but found your way Westward,

Leading you to many places,

finally here.   

I learned from you that life is only as good as the risks you take.

I learned to persevere through struggle,

To take the time to bathe in the smallest details of life,

For an eye blink is all it takes,

to change everything.

My life goal has changed, shifted, transformed.

To veer off  the road, creating my own path,

Feeling the winds of freedom blow through my hair,

Party like no one is watching,

even when everyone is,

Maybe even a lucky tattoo……. Of a party rat with a name like Jack.