No friends.
Hunger.
Take the last french fry.
Again and again.
A car filled with friends.
I sat on the bench.
Give them a wave from a car with tinted windows.
It’s not them.
I wanted to go to the mall with them.
You can’t make them share.
Not even a piece of gum.
Nothing.
Friends go to college.
I didn’t.
Friends are like lions.
They only roar when they want to.
I could never wear college sweatshirts or hats.
I never went there.
Like a car filled with friends, sharing fries.
I never went there, after all.
Losing you was worse than heartbreak
17 years, i cannot comprehend
It hurt then and still does, while I mourn the loss of my soul sister
Your family is still my family, you refused to hear the truth,could have still turned it around
To say sorry, or even, "I'm happy I was mistaken" and I would have welcomed you back into my life
But you made that choice, a bad judgement call and refused to hear or accept the truth you didn't want,
True colours and character showed of a person I no longer recognised, I miss the you I knew
I lost a sister, a friend, an ally
And I still dont know which loss hurts the most.
To lost friends
I have opened the window and inhale the summer
Some of the cottages I see, made of stone and lime are empty, their owners have gone home to their birthplace, where they died waiting for surgery, elderly they died of heart problems and of the dreaded cancer.
Empty houses are a sad sight, bought by those dreaming
of a peaceful retirement, spending time repairing their
homes and drinking red wine at sunset
When illness struck and old age beckoned, they went back where their heart belonged, the pub and the betting shop
what do I know, my home is where I live at the time,
but I do remember a childhood of poverty and need
and child labor.
I'm no longer sure if my youth was a dream or something I have read in books, I sometimes think I have spent too much time reading, or I didn't care about the past of sorrow.
I was in love once, but when rejected I nearly jumped
into the waterfall, but the water was too cold which
tells me my intention was not that profound
Year when abused by an orphanage while waiting for
my mother to come home from the sanatorium
I dreamily think of snow falling gently to go for a walk on overgrown tracks
Your memory kills
To take death pills
Burning friendship gives chills
I'd rather be far, on the hills.
Friendships aren't meant to cry
The lovely memories are just a lie
You hate me so much, you'd poison my pie
Hate isn't mutual, isn't it sly?
Do you? No, You don't care
Not replying to messages, you just glare
To talk back the truth, you didn't dare
You say I'm weak and wrong, how's that fair?
You'd Kill me with your knife
The friendship that couldn't survive
You calm down, I'll strive
I was never a part of your life
It wasn't a joke
Thank you for the ugly stroke
Friendships are too broke
I'd rather die with a choke
I try to get better
Coz past is just a gutter
I'm not a beggar
Of our memorable nectar.
Lost Friends
In my memory,
we are still best friends.
There are trips that we take,
sometimes daily,
as I escape the life...
I now have.
We go to the beach.
We go to the mountains...
We go everywhere, together,
as soul mates do.
I am lost to you.
I wish that I could return,
to the place we began,
and know that you
would be there waiting for me.
But that is just a dream,
and you are somewhere else,
with a family,
and friends...
of which I
am not,
counted among.
How the deep divide turned
our closeness into dust
is hard to say.
We all change,
every day.
Sometimes for the good,
sometimes not so well,
we move to the new,
and leave the old,
because we want to be bold,
but in the end,
we are less...
and just
old.
We all must move on, no matter what we have lost!
Including close friends who have gone astray.
Just wish them well,and be on your melodious, spectral way.
Sure, you thought your mutual fun would never end.
Like two brotherly trees, one is alive, but now, the other is
to you....completely dead.
You miss the emails and closeness you once shared.
But they no longer read or contact you.
You are the living tree, and they. dead, of the past.
I can see your tears, and hear your thoughts of sapphire days
that now echo in your past.
The world is filled with trillions, so no need to be aghast!
God runs the world, not them!
Bless Him do, for the old friends and the new, who will sail
With you, with joy, under true friendship’s mast!
There is always good news in our wide universe!
God sends you a finer replacement, that’s the nature of things!
Another human, just like you, who values the tenderness of all
delicate heart strings!
3~5~2022
Yes its true,
Stopped waiting for you,
Served aces easily once,
Now I get no love from you.
He contradicts then preaches,
Advices flying none teaches.
So you roll up your sleeves,
Let the green arteries speak,
Volumes about your struggles in the day,
And in the night you may weep.
Under the sun's bright shine,
We sat upon that field,
Out of the bottle we drank wine,
Our joy would not yield,
Music blasting as we dance,
Holding hands, grinning faces,
Almost in a trance,
Now we're all in different spaces,
It's scary growing old,
You move onto friendships new,
I'm left in the cold,
The distance between us grew,
Those times may be gone for ever,
I may see you again never.
Lost Friends - Left Behind
The sweet-sharp mind that enfolded me
With encouraging words and a hug
Has gone to places I cannot go, and
How I long to know.
The annoying way you had of listening
To repeat secrets that you heard,
And yet, your sweet mouth opened
To love away all frustration.
You wanted me to do a bit of favor,
But you didn’t answer your phone.
When I did reach you, you were cold.
I learned where I belonged,
Once we spent hours together;
We each had endured losses severe,
Though in our twilight time we overcame,
As we, too slipped into hoary years.
And you all have the curse of an aging mind,
Locked away to me, leaving me behind,
With those too young to understand,
That I am traveling with you.
Words set to music
they ring through the air
listen real closely
before they disappear
Pen them to paper
they bleed all I'm worth
from stars in the distance
to the beauty on Earth
Heed my attention
dear friends that have flown
whispered past secrets
oh where have you gone
How many of us have made the mistake
Of losing friends along the way
Wake up one morning and they're gone
Sitting there wondering what went wrong
As memories of them flood back in
With one question of why another of when
Where the mind takes less than it gives away
The heart is so fickle in the games that it plays
As you look around at the friends you have now
Wondering how long till they're gone themselves
Is it going to go down early or late
And are they sitting there thinking the same
Sitting here thinking of the friends I've made and lost along this path I'm on...
Today the Sun refused to rise
to shed its light of day
The moon would not linger long
So, thus it went away
Each star up in the heavens
Took their turn to say "Goodbye"
and left us in the darkness
all alone, to let us cry
Every single poet
is a gift that we hold dear
we might not like, all they write
but we're glad that they are here
And when one goes away
they take the light they hold inside
It's like the Sun refused to rise
When I heard the words "Good Bye"
Sad when a friendship ends
Just when I thought we were really good friends
Now it's too late to be making amends
Sad when a friendship ends.
I suppose you don't even care
Swanning around with your nose in the air
Oozing with love that you don't want to share
I suppose you don't even care
Now what do I do
Start making plans for my life without you
Try to find some one who's friendship is true
Now what do I do
Hello and how have you been
Giving tight hugs to a friend
Catching up over some drinks
Watching and giving some winks
To some cuties at the bar
But it doesn't go to far
Just some fun and harmless flirting
So there is no pain or hurting
great food from a friendly waitress
That is flavorful--not tasteless
Full and not too drunk to see
A sweet romantic comedy
A chick flick that makes you smile
It has been too long a while
Since you had a day like this
With friends that you really miss
It's been special and so grand
But your scattered through the land
And can't see each other much
Making sure you stay in touch
And not lose this special bond
Of a friendship that is fond
To be this close as it feels
No friendship could be more real
Birds Fly away,
Sunsets come and go,
Just like winter fades,
When Spring melts its snow.
Through and through again,
I wonder where's my friend.
Friends stick together,
Their friendship is forever,
But why is it I'm in this rain,
And you won't shed your sunlight through my stormy weather?
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