wry 2 - different version

i met a striking someone today.
young and tall with no dismay.
said i knew a kin of his & he said that she died this may.
she always smiled hiding her pain,
the colors, the feelings, all she betrayed.

he said, "i could never sing in her style.
she plucked on the strings with a wry smile
hoping the moments halted to her will
smiling she stayed till her body went still."

i met a someone striking today.
young and tall with no dismay.
said i knew a kin of his
who died 4 years ago in may.

(dedicated to someone important i knew)