The tragedy of "gone" is that it is in the past and for those which are left, nothing can ever be further away than that. And that is what Kyle thought as he stood listening to the sermon, the priest's words as grave and as deep as the hole that the body was lowered into. The future may be bleak, but it is not hopeless... and then he wiped his eyes, regained control of his facial muscles and tried to forget that Johnny had ever really existed at all.