A Elegy For a Battered Friend

Beautiful and Strong; My perception was assured. Proud and Independent; My heart always thought. Defiant and Resilient; My mind was led to believe. But in the night you changed! Cowardly you grew. Ugly you became. Meekly you hid. Dependence clouding your every thought. Resilient? No more! Only broken in two, dazed and confused! Your confoundment? merely a man. He hypnotized your heart, Confused your mind, Devoured your essence And Broke your spirit. I morn for my friend. My song; merely a lament For a time that is no longer here. For a warrior; no longer strong. I morn; for my friend.