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BamaPoet
Junior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 34
Dothan, AL USA

0 posted 2000-08-12 03:49 PM


All the love we once shared
down deep inside our hearts,
has faded into nothingness
and torn us both apart.

It's left us with only friendship
nothing more will ever be,
a bleak uncertain future
is all I can foresee.

How long this friendship shall remain
I'm afraid I cannot say,
all the magic we once shared
has slowly drifted away.

You say you still care for me
I wonder if you do,
it seems you've been avoiding me
you say this isn't true.

You have so many "other friends"
who keep you occupied,
this isn't getting easier
no matter how I try.

I miss the way we used to talk
for hours upon end,
now at times we seldom speak
since we became "just friends."


"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back to you, they're yours. If not, they never were to begin with."

© Copyright 2000 Mark Childre - All Rights Reserved
Meadowmuse
Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263

1 posted 2000-08-12 09:28 PM


What a lovely, sad, poem you've created. Being "just friends" after being more is a challenge, and cannot often be accomplished.  Thank you for sharing this here.

~ Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


ThUnDeRkYsS
Senior Member
since 1999-09-23
Posts 727
Wisconsin
2 posted 2000-08-12 09:31 PM


Along with what Meadow said, that is one of the most difficult of all to make work.  I have experienced that as well, as I am amidst it sort of happening again.  It sure is hard... stay strong, touching work.
BamaPoet
Junior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 34
Dothan, AL USA
3 posted 2000-08-12 09:56 PM


Thanks guys. Yes it IS hard, cause the memories and emotions are always there to remind you. When you think what might've been or could've been, it makes you wish for more. Friendship is better than losing someone altogether, but you'll always long for the closeness you once shared.

Jenn E
Senior Member
since 2000-08-02
Posts 589
Kelowna, BC, Canada
4 posted 2000-08-12 10:12 PM


Oh How I feel for you. This I have been through and it tears at your heart. Being friends are word easily said, almost expected. The challenge is maintaining it, and that is not so easy. I will agree with you, you don't want to loose them but sometimes not having them completly is just as hard to deal with.  You expressed this very well in this poem and I commend you and I hope everything works out for you.
Jenn E

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
5 posted 2000-08-12 10:34 PM


  
   This bought a question to my mind.....
   can there ever be a good friendship after
   having been a bad love affair?
      I've just never seen it work out!

       Thank you for this beautifully
        written work....I enjoyed it
              tremendously....


Today is a gift....
That is why they call it
'the Present'!



serenity blaze
Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

6 posted 2000-08-12 10:36 PM


A sad theme, but sometimes it's necessary for the growth of both...thank you much for the read....
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