Begone but not forgotten

People I've known are dead,

She said

"You're lucky to be alive".

Gone before their time,

She said.

So how did I survive?

Images floating round

My head

Spirits from my past.

Words and sounds and things

They said.

How did I outlast?

Gone but don't forget

The dead

Always on my mind.

Always in my heart

And head

Isn't that unkind?

Begone!