Sunday of my Life

An Ode To Friendship Lost
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How to begin this
I never know
The thought that you may not be there
It never occured to me
Friends for years now
Knowing each other inside out
Able to talk about anything
Problems? We’d work them out.
Through thick and thin together
Close as we could be
I know you
And you know me
Always there for each other
Just as mates should be.

An email of an evening
Changed all of this too fast
A message from your sister
Carrying tidings of doom to me
Fate carried you off
Away from family
Away from your love
Away from me

Selfish as it sounds
I still look out for you
On IM your account sits idle
I wait for you to return
To tell me
“It’s all been some kind of joke,
A hoax, a trick.
See? Here I am, alive and well.”
But I know it’s not going to happen

Never again will we discuss our love lives
Or lack thereof
Never again will we talk about all those things
That bother us
Each advising the other
Helping each other through the obstacles
That life throws our way
It won’t be the same without you
Messages go unheard
I simply wish now
I’d had the chance to say goodbye
But it won’t happen
So now I write this
With a tear standing in my eye.
Wherever it is you’ve gone
I hope it’s better than here
And I hope I’ll see you again one day
When I too, eventually, depart from here.
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Yes, I’m well aware I’m not much of a poet… but I had to say something. Andy… I’ll miss you buddy.

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