It's been fourteen years,
But I've never forgotten.
The joy you gave me,
How the hours past away
How every time I felt sad you lifted me above the storms
I never expected that terrible day.
Nothing would be prepare me for that phone call,
Nothing would prepare me, no nothing at all.
As I remember your boyfriends words,
It all seemed unreal almost like a dream
But, it couldn't have been a dream because I have never woken.
Suddenly everything all around,
My world was broken.
At the age of 32,
My dearest best friend Marie,
Taken away from me.
I screamed,
I balled,
I called and called,
Yet there was no answer,
There was a shell,
My best friend left me in hell.
Gone,
As the tears welled,
I tried to contain the emotions,
As your boyfriend and I hugged one another
You never got the chance to be a mother.
Baby Cherie born two months premature,
How I wished you could have met her,
How I wish you could have been here when she was born.
It all seems so cruel,
Everything, every tear, every pain,
Like a broken bird,
That phone call everything that I heard.
You past so suddenly,
A brain tumour ate you away,
I'll never forget that terrible day
I asked why oh why?
At first I couldn't cry,
At first I couldn't accept you were gone.
Though as I saw you lying there dead,
I knew that it was true
Those eyes I couldn't look into,
They were gone
There was only a shell,
The body you used to live in
Was now just a body with no soul.
Those times we spent laughing,
Talking for hours yet it only seemed like for minutes,
The way you helped me come to terms with being raped,
You were so special because you understood.
You understood like nobody else did,
We said the same things at the same time,
You would have been such a good mother,
Our friendship will never die,
Sometimes I look up to the sky
And wonder if I will see you again one day?
Sometimes in my quiet times I pray
As time has healed the pain inside,
I still have times when I cry
Times when I hurt,
Times when I want you back.
When I want to see your face again
Or tell you how much I love you.
When I got married I wished you could be there,
When I gave birth I longed for you to see my daughter.
I long to share special moments with you,
But I accept now that you are not coming back.
Dreams I have of you are less,
But sometimes I dream that we are laughing again
We talk to one another and I tell you how much I miss you.
I believe one day we will spend eternity together
But, until that time you are alive in the window of my soul
Author notes
The options I have chosen I think are a combination of 1 and 2. My best friend died 14 years ago she left her precious daughter as a reminder of her life. "and she will be loved"
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- My Best Friend by DarknessOfSanity.
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Strong powerful emotions
Thank you for entering, good luck in the contest
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Wow this is very passionalte, poignant and powerful the threee p's I find essential to any poem, really made me almost cry (writing hasn't managed to do that yet) great work with this and my condolences to you, I'm sure your friend is watching over you eternally until your souls re-join at the end of your happy, fulfilled life
xx
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as i read this, i felt a tear roll down my face. this is such a sincere, emotional piece. i am in awe of how well you express yourself! i know your friend must be really proud (even though you dont see her physically). and as you said, she left behind a beautiful daughter as a reminder of herself and her presence in this world.
much love sent your way, and once again...what a glorius write!
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OH wow...a very intense write. You poured your heart out in this piece, and it is sad and beautiful. Best wishes in the contest.
Sam
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Wow! This is a great poem, I am sorry about the loss of your friend, I won't tell you that I know how you feel, because when my Dad died and the age of 31 I hated everyone telling me that they knew how I felt, it's different for everyone, thank you so much for sharing your poem with everyone here, I hope to see more from you soon!
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