Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Letting go

It is not easy darling,
Pretending for you.
Not loving you because you tell me not to,
Not caring when I do.


It's hard


Having face after pretty face,
Try to erase yours.
Bottle-fulls of this fire,
Try to burnout despair


Works fine


Right until the moment,
I forget myself,
And call you.To hear
The concern in your voice,


The complaints


But no love.
It is not easy
Doing this,
Keeping my promises


I love you.


To a Friend

Dead.
All this time
Little insignificant peart of the universe.
Just another flower in the field.
No great mind, no great deeds.
Just a friendly heart and a smile.
No green turf
To lie lightly over you.
Did they bury you?
Did they burn,
That frail body?
I do not remember.
All I remember is that smile.
And that last goobye
In the evening.
And a funeral next morning.
And you.
Lying there,
Skin sickly grey
And bloodless lips
without the smile.
And stories fluttered around.
I waited.
Until the very last nail.
Then I had to believe,
A the little insignificant part of the universe
And a smile had died.
Life goes on now.

This is in remembrance of a friend I lost when we were 13. I still think of her. Not frequently. Yet it's still strange to think that I live and she doesn't. She was one of those Rare few who did deserve a life...