The Tide Crashes In and I Miss Her More Than Ever

by ABake   Nov 22, 2008


A few months with no talking, not even a casual hello;
She has lost her best friend, she's scared to death-
You left in paragraphs my friend, oh why did you go?
She listens sadly as the echoes fill her cold cold ears...
Messages unread; calls left unreturned; please don't.
Your friendship was her outlet, you were her sanctuary.

Now she texts, but the silent distance is heartbreaking,
This young girl does all she can not to let tears fall.
Her one true best friend that she once knew way too well,
Is now a stranger; With a tear in her voice she asks-
"What happened to our friendship? Where did it go?"
Again, her words echo back into her cold cold ears...

Tonight, she'll sit by the wild ocean in far away Florida;
The moon is full and she thinks back to the nights-
Where phone calls were heartfelt and comfortable...
She's begging herself for answers; using her foot as a pen,
she writes in the sand the words of a wise woman-
"Forgiveness is love, love is forgiveness."

The thousands of people in Ohio will never see this,
She knows this and insists on making it a Kodak moment.
The flash will light up the coast for a few seconds-
And immediately they are gone, just like their trust...
Her heart aches as the waves roll in and out; maybe-
One day they will regain the amazing friendship they had.

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  • 15 years ago

    by BornAgainWriter

    Something told me, as I was laying in my bed studying for a test tomorrow, that there was something I needed to do on the computer.

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    Than I posted "hi" and checked to see who was online; no one. I saw a new poem from you, and I just had to go read it.

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    I miss you.
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