In memory of a special friend...

Masked faces within steps retrace,
Could never keep up with this new pace.
Time taught lessons but broke two hearts true,
Somewhere beneath the depths live a soul I once knew.

Kind and sweet, loyal and trustworthy,
A true and great friend - like royalty so worthy.
Never apart nor over the top,
Simple at heart but never falsity bought.

A day came by when things soon changed,
So easily and effortlessly life became deranged.
No more smiles or laughter to fill the air,
Only that which we forbid for those with less care.

Maybe it was a test that time had gifted,
As focus and thoughts were soon shifted.
In good times and bad times alike you were always there,
A friend I could count on whom I knew would care.

But you soon listened less and acted more on impulse,
As though my every effort and presence would repulse.
But my words and advice you could not heed,
It was sufficient to say "You, I no longer need".

So we went our separate ways and did our own thing,
Lost all contact we had as though it were not friendship - only a fling.
Everything you did was always so wrong,
You walked along this path that had destruction as it's song.

All I could do was silently watch you take this new stand,
Where life would ruin you deliberately till the very end.
Cos you decided to choose this "wrong" was of life,
Drugs, alcohol and everything else became your new drive.

I warned you and tried to stop you but you would never heed my words,
All you could say was that you're trying to ruin the freedom of birds.
A few days later I heard you went too far,
You were high and drunk and took a spin in your new car.

Nobody even tried to stop you cos they were never your friends,
They never really cared for you - upon them you could never depend.
But it's too late to say these words or remind you that I was always around,
Cos you're long gone and there's only emptiness and gloom that can surround.

If only you had listened to me just once,
But you never once gave me a chance.
So I lost the dearest friend I ever had in my life,
That person who I adored and looked up to in my entire life.

You were my strength and support when I was too weak to fight,
You were the endless tunnel that shone with divine light.
You were the comedian who gave life it's true glow,
You were the only one where falsity or treason could not show.

You were the greatest friend and such a rare treasure,
But you fell into the trap of life's so-called pleasure.
Every day I wish that I had died instead of you,
But when can be done when life writes it's own destiny for you.

I miss the times we shared - be it good or bad,
I miss the way you would always laugh at the stupid things that made anyone mad.
I miss the way the silence still spoke things we always knew,
But more than all of that I dearly miss you.

And though you're long gone I'll always treasure your memories,
They will live on even if it means with life we must make enemies.
Cos you were life, love and all that really mattered,
But in a few seconds that all shattered.