Only because...

What's wrong with this world
My classmates dying left and right
Two killed themselves
Another killed in a car crash at night

By 10-year Reunion
3% of your class is statistically dead
The thought of who they were
Always lingered in my head

I never thought I'd care
Who those few would be
Never imagining one was my friend
Why couldn't I see?

To this day
I mourn over his grave
While another friend of mine
Got two lives he couldn't save

"Now I got two funerals to go to"
He told me sadly
One used to be his best friend
As I tried to remember his face madly

My graduating class
Small as it was
Not even a year later, 3 down
Only because...