Ashley Gleason Poet Rhyme

Soul friend

I met a soul friend  
And our attachment did grow 
His skill and charm, few will know 
Long distance friendship can build intense bonds
The question begged, "Why were we not friends all along ?"

He hailed from the Bay 
I resided mostly in New York 
But that time and distance 
Seemed irrelevant, in short 
Both with a dark and unforgiving past
But true friends, somehow 
Make your youth
Everlasting

One day I woke with a deep, true sadness 
That try as I may, I could not shake 
slipping again into traumatic madness
With vivid dreams I was standing at the Wake 

In my frazzled mind, the question plagued, 
Did I lose another of my Soul family ?"
As his Brothers' number was calling me 
I prayed it was only my childhood anxieties 
Waking me up from this once joyful dream 

The voice told me My friend went to rest the night Before
But Fate had other plans in store 
His insulin pump malfunctioned or ignored
And Forever left, to awaken No more 

I did think it strange that I didn't hear a word 
My birthday came and passed 
Nearly unheard
That wasnt at all like my Dear Friend 
My troubled thoughts feared familiar trend
 
He mentioned, a few times, that He felt sick 
But how was I to know he'd fail so quickly?
Are we meant to gaze upon each other's hearts,
So fleeting a time before our souls embark? 


Thoughts in my mind's eye of him in such distress
Made my next few months a blurry mess 
All that was left with was a nagging reflection
That He was truly all alone
In his final moments of objection 
In agony and reaching for help 
and only Death, the One who found him 
  
No wonder the messages came No more
No birthday wishes or songwriting lore 
No further renditions of songs on guitar
No more chatter or silly wisecracks galore
As I felt the true silence of his soul leaving shore 
Feeling misunderstood and broken apart
Another crack in a deeply wounded heart 

My conscience finally accepted 
That my friend had left
And I wonder if this life is just a cruel test
For only the strong, healthy or Chosen 
And all you're promised is this very moment 


So it's best to grab life and take all that you can
And not be afraid to allow people in 
For it's only the souls we meet along the way
That give us the strength, for a lifetime
 To stay

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