I can hear it in your voice. Despair, confusion, all mixed in a haze of liquid courage. Your phone call shakes me as I struggle to try and find the person I used to know on the other end of the line. Tragedy has shaken your very core and left a person I barely know. I can still hear the old you somewhere deep inside but I'm afraid that you'll destroy yourself before you find that side of you again. Hearing you say you have nothing to live for breaks my heart because I know you have so much to offer this world. I search for words to try and break thru this new wall you've built around yourself but in the end all I can do is listen in agony as you tell me what your feeling. I wish I could take away your pain. I wish I could help you find the friend I used to know. Until then I will do the only thing I can right now, Be here to talk to and remind you that you always have a friend who cares. -written for a Friend-
