Best Lost Friend Poems
Where have you been, where have you gone
it is been a long time, as if it were yesterday
time goes by but it is still today
that feeling, that bond, it doesn't just go away
time stays still and it is still today
why did you have to go away?
just when we were growing up
finally learning what life and friends were all about
hitting the streets and showing out, what we were all about
that's when things ended, never saw you again
people thought we were no longer friends
not understanding what it means to go away
cannot function without, also cannot dictate what this is all about
for you see, my friend, when you went away
most underestimated what that meant
not just a loss, but a major life event
one that is endless torment
I know where you went, my best friend
but the heart is always meant to mend
but it won't, so this must be the end
I cannot say goodbye, can't let you go
heart won't let me, and who am I
to be one, to even try
for I want to cry, desire to cry
want to be sad, that is my right
want to be with you, think of you every night
I hate to say the words
dealing with death is too hard
it has truly left me scarred
Pop Pop, Grandma, Mom, and even you
its an endless feeling of being blue
being without you
its tough to deal
impossible to heal
emotions still raw
no one truly knows how I feel
That's ok though, as my friend you'll see
Someday, there's a place for me
for all of us, be together again
and that will be the end of the pain
James R. Lutz
Free verse, 7-21-2019
He was my best friend
His name was Snoopy
He was a beagle
My favorite pet.
I got him on Christmas day
He was just a little pup
I loved him so much
Then God took him away.
He was out hunting
He never came back
He was gone
Just like that.
I wonder every day
Where is he
Alive or…
Dead?
I still miss him so
I cry at night
Missing him
Missing him.
Does anyone know why Heidi Sands has gone silent?
Her comments are there, but everything else is private…
My heart is broken to see her this way,
I miss our communication, why has she gone astray?
A beautiful poetess, whose poems were blossoming,
Our conversations were an awesome thing…
The only one here at the soup to give me a tribute,
To me it is a mystery, it does not compute!
My last call for lonely hearts, like me;
To call Heidi back communicating the way it used to be…
It’s like missing a limb to have her gone,
I know she has had a rough life and keeps hanging on…
Heidi, if you see this we miss you girl,
Come back to us like before you poetic pearl.
...she continues to write...but for some reason has turned off commenting and soupmail...
Nov.04.2019
LAST CALL FOR LONELY HEARTS Poetry
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
HM~for contest...Thank You
O, dreamed of home—a bench to rest my feet,
a warm and feathered coat to keep out cold
O, dreamed of feast--spread with too much to eat.
Emanuel, why did I forget my way?
Oh, imaginary friend who talked to me
please, forgive me for ever doubting you.
I never dreamed I’d end up lost and all alone,
wondering whether there’d be someone for me to love.
Oh my friend
speak to me.
Save me from
doubts and fears.
Liven up
the endless quiet hours.
Walk along
my lonely trail.
Help me
on this endless search.
Is it something that I did
to bring the dark and cold onto me?
Where did we go wrong?
Where did I go wrong?
Why did I forget my way?
Do you even hear my call?
Do you even hear my voice?
I can no longer hide behind my tears.
Emanuel, why did I ever lose my home?
Will I always wonder whether if there’ll be someone for me to love?
Your comfort always felt so warm and good to me
Where did I go wrong to be so lost and alone?
Oh what a mess you have created,
Spread rumors about me, and stabbed me in the back,
Then was nice to me in my face,
You know I hate people like that, and friends
They don't do that, maybe you were never a
True friend to begin with,
Maybe you were always this stale
Person, who never really gave a care.
But it doesn't bother me, because I don't need
You, you have lost me forever!
You've lost me as a friend, as a sister, and
As a person that you only talked to when you
Were bored, and all of your other friends were
Busy without you.
It sounds like they aren't true friends.
True friends don't spread rumors
About their friends, and they don't talk
About them behind their backs, and they
Don't backstab us! You have done
All of these things to me. You were
Never a true friend, and you
Have lost me forever!
I will never be your friend again,
You have already lost all of your
Chances of being friends with me.
How many times I forgave you, and
You didn't forgive me once, you even stole
My ex-boyfriends, while they were
Dating me, well guess what you ain't
Stealing my Hubby,
YOU'VE LOST ME FOREVER!!
Dedicated To: Randi Lynn Scott A.K.A: Roo
Always~N~Forever,
Briana Lynn Palmer
Finished: 05-16-12 At: 9:19A.M.
While sailing out on morning’s tide
A mermaid on a rock I spied
She was a lovely half-fish girl
With a necklace made of whitest pearl
She smiled and blew a kiss to me
Then disappeared into the sea
She surfaced back behind the boat
And lazily began to float
I grabbed my friend and pointed aft
He thought that I was truly daft
For mermaids don’t exist, you know
My friend quite plainly told me so
No sooner had he walked away
The mermaid came again to play
She sunned herself upon some rocks
And combed her flowing silken locks
I hailed the Captain of our ship
But she had given me the slip
The Captain answered to my call
But saw no mermaid there at all
The Captain thought me quite insane
As my wondrous tale I did explain
When he returned back to his duty
I saw again my ocean beauty
She floated there upon a wave
A subtle wink she slyly gave
And then she flipped her lovely tail
Swimming along as we did sail
I called all of my sailor friends
To show them her curvaceous fins
They asked if I was feeling well
When my story I began to tell
I pointed to the mermaid fair
But when they looked, nothing was there
They thought that I had lost my mind
No mermaid out there could they find
They left and shook their weary heads
And sleepily went to their beds
My head was in a dizzy whirl
I saw the ocean waters swirl
Then once again she came in sight
Swimming in the pale moonlight
I yelled and danced a frantic jig
As they hauled me off into the brig
“He’s lost it” I did hear them say
As they sadly went upon their way
Through the port of my little cell
I watched the sea waves rise and swell
Then suddenly next to the glass
I saw the little seaward lass
She took the pearls off of her neck
And tossed them up onto the deck
Then off she swam into the deep
As I wearily slipped off to sleep
When came the early light of dawn
I stretched my arms and gave a yawn
Then my good friend upon the ship
Ran down with pearls fast in his grip
"You won’t believe the sight I saw"
He said to me, face filled with awe
Last night while I was by the rail
I heard a voice give me a hail
Next thing I knew, here came these pearls
From underneath the ocean swirls
"Quite right you were", he said to me
"A mermaid threw these from the sea"
I winked and said “I don’t think so”
For mermaids don’t exist you know
air lips climb star skin
eternal love pearl soul kiss
dream to the pink moon
Long Lost Friend
For the first time in forever
he took a long look in the mirror.
Suddenly his reflection
began to come much clearer.
The wrinkles on his face and hands
around his eyes and brow.
Reminders of the yesterdays
that he survived somehow.
Laugh lines etched into his skin
from good times that he knew.
Lines of worry ran so deep
he thought he'd never make it through.
Scars from battles he had fought.
One reminder of a fall.
A grateful tear fell from his eye
he had survived it all.
He saw the times that he had grieved
and other tears he cried.
When somewhere love had reached an end
or a loved one that had died.
Somehow looking there he saw
a heart still on the mend.
As he looked into the mirror
and found his long lost friend.
Edwin C Hofert
I lost a friend the other day.
By doing her job - she send me away.
Shocked, confused, my mind full of anger.
How seriously close was I to danger?
I kept to myself thinking this was best.
To her now I'd seem just a pest.
She's probably moved on, she's not to blame.
And for my actions - I felt only shame.
On our Sabbot of Beltane we celebrated love.
I thought again of my friend on the ladder above.
After al that has happened - does she think of me too?
Would she accept me back now - well would you?
Radiance glows from no boundry
A butterfly flutters through the hair
Children gathered to listen
Heaven came upon the death
Enough roses for a garden
Little Racahel close your eyes and dream
...i'll miss you Rachael...
Throat was dry
Even no tears to cry.
In mids of the desert-
Failure was every try-
It was then-
A sudden change-
When I felt drops of rain-
Came and washed away my bane.
Breeze then whispered a doh-
Pointing to colors of rainbow-
Your message came like that “Bea”
Though this time not from Pretoria.
(sami)
MY LONG LOST FRIEND (NIGERIA)
By Edward Ntebri Egbelo
Just like snow you left the clouds; withering the earth with enclaves of your shadow
Memories can never escape the glimpse of your far gone character; your smiles of hope in moments of dismay
Your pedigree nature in guiding human opinions
Your strength in conquering strange battles with sanguinity and fervour
O!!! Behold thy old self; gazing at the failing mirrors
Jealousy has enclave thy mind with malevolent and odium of close friends
Where is that integrity I use to envy, that humility I use to covet, that optimism I use to hanker? All sucked up; by that quintessence of sleaze
Wake up my friend; up from thy waning slumber
The road is tapered; assuredly coarse and short
But they is surely a destination
Hope fills thy fading face; you will surely conquest over your qualms.
The dreams you beseech will surely be your climax
Your victory is not far-flung my friend; it lies in the neighbourhood
Waiting for you to grab it with complete vigour and sincerity
Haste should be far a point from grasping it
Hold tight my friend, enjoy the cool breeze of nature and acquire your birth right with integrity and honesty.
God bless you my friend
God bless Nigeria
I relied on him then
To have my back until the end
For you need a mate
Who will be there for whatever date
But in the end it didn’t happen
He decided our friendship would end
And so when I think of him now
The question is why and how.
© Paul Warren Poetry
A Long-Lost Friend
Dedicated to Chippewa Lake Park
When did you die
When did everyone turn on you
There were so many children
Who laughed with you
And squealed as they sat with you
And you were dependable
There year after year
As we grew up we looked for you
But after so many years
You were forgotten
Disregarded
Left to die a slow death
To rot away into dust
I am one of those kids
One who you helped smile
I will never forget you
And neither will anyone else
History will make sure of that
Years had passed since we had
our last glimpse of each other
and memories are not enough
to bring back the good old days.
Remember how we used to shout
and howl when we hit the jackpot,
playing cards, wasting our time
all through the long lonely nights.
Well, after all those years,
it’s nice to see you again,
good to see you, old friend,
you haven’t changed at all;
the boy in you is still there
after all this time, hey, yes,
it’s nice to see you, old friend.
Remember how mom would holler
to call you home for supper;
we cried a lot each time we saw
our kites escape to the highest sky
and we’re left with just the strings.
We used to dig rhythm & blues,
John, Paul, George and Ringo;
why, they were our fans,
they’d clap their hands,
so awed by our guitars.
Well, after all those years,
it’s nice to see you again,
good to see you, old friend,
you haven’t changed at all;
the boy in you is still there
after all this time, hey, yes,
it’s nice to see you, old friend.
Hey, I'm so glad to see you again.