Poem: Best Friends

[Kathleen]

I always thought no matter where I went,
No matter how far you strayed,
We'd always be
Best friends.

I would have given to you
The world, and the same
I thought was true for
You to me.
Laughs we shared and
Secrets so deep never
From my lips did they pass
But to yours.
Things only a
Friend could say,
Those things were said.

The love was there I thought,
Once upon a time.
It’s gone now, washed ‘way by the rain.
Broken pieces
Clutter the floor, burnt
Wilted stems.
The friendship if a flower,
Would lie wilted in the vase,
Crumbling to ashes in the fire,
A smear, a stain, washed
By your hand.

I guess there's a lot
Of things you want to say, and I want to
Say those things to you, the ones that
Matter most. But there's just no time,
And I'm running out of time.
It feels like just yesterday,
You left me standing there, still wet from the rain,
Ddripping on your porch step.
Cast away like shattered glass,
A worn-out shoe,
Dusty leaves swept
Away.

And how can I tell you
Just how much you always
Meant to me?
'Cause there just ain't time,
B'lieve me, to tell you all those
Things I always wanted.
And I can just look back
And think of you, back when we were still
Best Friends.