Everything Will Not Be Okay

by silvershoes   Sep 4, 2008


I begged you, 'please don't cry'
I said, 'everything will be okay'
Sometimes it feels right to lie
Blue skies always fade to gray

I promised I would be there
I let you rest your head on me
I tried to show you that I care
But did you know, sweet pea?

I wanted laughter to heal you
I pretended nothing was wrong
What pain is it you went through
To make you stop being strong?

Looking out the door, I see hope
How lonely it feels without my
Friend, to push me; help me cope
Echoing down the walls, 'why?'

No friend should die so young
Threads of time are fast undone
Your fiery spirit put out and wrung
What good did it do anyone?

My aching chest beats steady on
Your heart is still, eyelids locked
Nights following without a dawn
Though sun arises, light is blocked

Now I lost my faith in any good
I knew I couldn't make you stay
Blue skies to gray, I understood
Not everything would be okay

For Elisabetta.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Liz

    I'm bawling my eyes out reading this. i don't even know what to say.
    sometimes that little string of hope we're holding on to snaps in two and everything falls apart. i know what its like to lose someone so close, but every pain is different.

    i miss her dearly.

  • 16 years ago

    by Mo

    Janey - this was amazing. You managed to capture what we all felt but couldn't extend those feelings to paper. She knew you loved her so much and she knew how difficult it was for us all to hear the news and accept it so readily without trying first to tell ourselves more than her that everything would be ok.

    Love you lots xxx

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