A SPECIAL DEDICATION FOR SOMEONE...

I see your smile

I know your mind

No words need be said

I understand.
Focused on each other

We listen and we care

Laughter ripples like water

Together, we are.
Others are here, yes,

And we value them, yes,

But a special bond remains,

A line between us two.
Each friendship is special

Each is unique

And so is ours

We know.
And then time begins to rolland rear

it’s ugly head

Change begins

Now a little less than before.
Slowly, surely,

Not knowing why

Faster, stronger, without care

Our world shifts and shimmers and splits.
Shattered shards cascade down

Spurred by angry, lashing words

Contorted faces, stone deaf ears

Outside the whirlwind,

We die inside.
The scars run deep

Jagged clefts in our souls

We have suceeded in hurting

And hurt ourselves.
So you move on

And I remain

We keep on living

Turn our faces apart.
Now

I glance across

At you from outside

Shaded eyes dry with tearsNew friends, new life.
Laughter, smiling (clenched teeth)

The flippant toss of the head

The enclosure surrounds youI cannot come near.
From behind my glass window

I know more than those withinI see the hurt in your eyes

I know the pain in your smile

I have been there before - I love you

Why do you pretend?
I hate to see your pain

And I cry inside

Tears deep within my soul

I cannot help you anymore.
What we had once

We can never have again.
The scars run deep,

But I still care.
You were my friend.

A poem that reminds me to someone who is closed to my heart.....