My Friend

Today I said goodbye to you,
You had to go away,
Said you had some things to do,
But you'd be back some day,
We've been friends for a long, long time,
It started in first grade,
The first time I saw you and your smile,
I knew a friend I'd made,
There's been good times and some bad,
And many secrets shared,
Of some concerns we may have had,
And how very much we cared,
And so I say to you this day,
That though we're far apart,
Right here your memory always stays,
Locked inside my heart.