The Reason Why

Do you remember when we first met? That day I have yet to forget, I sat at a table staring ahead While not a word to me was ever said. When suddenly you had come by, Deciding it was worth giving me a try, We were soon friends before I knew, I realized there wasn't a thing I wouldn't do for you. And every year on fall festival day, By you is where I'd always stay, With joy so pure-all could see, That there was nowhere else I would rather be. And that is how it always went, With you-Therese-my time I had spent, Never had I thought this would end, I had always thought I could face all God would send. A cross I've carried 3 long years, Is that if this misunderstanding is not cleared, I'll have lost a precious treasure, I will have lost you-Therese-my friend forever. For me this foreshadowing always looms overhead, So on careful grounds I'll continue to tread, And until I can make things right I will always do my very best to continue the fight. This is why I do not go, For I can not let any pain show, It'll only prove I've not moved on, Or accepted the fact that my friend is gone. This is a note to those who try to force me into our fall festival. It tells them why I don't go. I hope that this will one day reach my friend. Actions speak louder than words. This tells her just how true that quote is.