LOSING A GOOD FRIEND

Poetry composed January 31, 2006

I there is a thing, something
I can give up or sacrifice
I would! It’s not a lot I am asking
A conversation with you will suffice

A mere casual companion
Is it too much to ask?
Instead away from you I’m cast
Confused with no explanation

Endless talk time on the phone
Countless days together
Now I know they are not forever
Without you I’m just all alone

In the stillness I wait
Outburst of emotion I tamed
The price of losing you I paid
Then a chance of conversation came…

You said ‘Hi’
Yet I know it’s a ‘good bye’
You said it has come to an end
I knew right there, I’ve lost a good friend

This poem is inspired by my good friend who is losing her good friend. It is a sad tale when one loses a friend. If I may say something, I would love to say to this good friend of mine that I think I may know how you feel and that we must trust God to take care of everything. God sends us a particular person at a point of time in our lives for a specific purpose and through this life journey there will be separations as much as there will be reconciliation. There is a purpose in everything and it is not always known in the present. All of the pain we are going through will shape our character to be a much stronger person where we can be the light and salt of the world.