LOSING A FRIEND
I stumble as I walk down the
street
Blinded sightless by my salty,
sweet tears
My emotions as tangled as my
feet
Confused deep in my mind by
olden fears.
My friend who used to talk to me
Has crossed over and gone beyond
the Veil
I remember the way we used to be
Sharing a deep mutual love that
couldn’t fail.
Somehow I lost him along the
long way
I’m still here while he has
traveled on out there
I am so very lost, but he is now
okay
His illness should have taken me
too, to be fair.
It’s up to me now to have to
carry on
Though somehow it just doesn’t
seem worthwhile
I dread the nights and I fear
the dawn
I’ve lost my last good reason
for me to ever smile.
I have the chair where he would
sit
I still turn and look to see him
as he’s sitting there
I strain my hearing just to hear
a bit
Of his voice coming down the
hall from nowhere.
I ask, is this what missing is
all about,
How long will this torture
plague my poor mind?
Inside of me, I want to scream
and shout,
“Don’t leave me back here so
far, far behind.”
I’m happy that he passed without
pain
If he had hurt I don’t know what
I’d have had to do
My tears are falling like the
summer rain
My heart hurts as badly as if
was broken in two.
Some will sneer at me for all of
this
How could a grown man act this
way about a cat
But with his purring I found a
bliss
And my Socks was so very much
more than that.
Let me mourn and act this way
I have lost a loved one that I
won’t soon forget
I’m sure that there will be a
day
It won’t hurt near as much, but
that isn’t yet.
© Spider ‘09
