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oh2beme
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since 2000-07-24

Posts 215
NV USA

0 posted 2002-01-22 12:44 PM

Losing My Friend!
My friend, why did you leave me on this long and winding path?
The good times now are memories, for those I’ll always have.
But memories just aren’t the same as sharing a laugh or two.
As time goes on the pain will heal, but still I’ll be missing you.
You always were so good to me, a true friend you were indeed.
It seems as though you were by my side in all my times of need.
And then it seemed that you yourself were feeling great despair,
I thought and prayed of how to help and let you know I care.
The clock, it kept on ticking, and never did I surmise,
That time would come to a screeching halt, with no time for good-byes.
So, as I lay me down to sleep, on bended knee I pray.
In hopes that you may hear my call and all I need to say.
Things like how I cared for you, all throughout your days,
Even in our darkest times, as we went our separate ways.
I thought about you often, and wondered how you were.
Wishing that my phone would ring or you’d knock upon my door.
Alas, these opportunities have now become an end,
But always in my mind I’ll have the memories of My Friend!

By: Debbie Copley

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2002-01-22 12:47 PM

Debbie,

I had a friend like this once....I know these feelings well. This poem
really touched me deep.

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

2 posted 2002-01-22 01:00 PM

sadly feeling your loss..
Maureen

oh2beme
Member

since 2000-07-24

Posts 215
NV USA

3 posted 2002-01-22 01:20 PM

Thank you both for your thoughts....
This was my best friend from the fifth grade on. She was a dear woman and seemed to always be there for me. Yet, we had our differences and went our separate ways. This is the most grief of all...

Thank you again and God Bless

DawnG

Senior Member

since 2000-06-23

Posts 1494
United States

4 posted 2002-01-22 01:31 PM

Debbie,

I too can feel your pain throughout every word of this beautifully penned piece. I hope someday you can find another friend like her. I know I've found two that I hope will never want to leave our friendship.

Dawn

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

5 posted 2002-01-22 01:47 PM

my sympathy and warm hugs, to lose a friend is such a deep grief.

Charisma

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

6 posted 2002-01-22 01:50 PM

Dear ohtbeme, This is a sincere and heartfelt poem. I am sure your friend knew, and knows how you much you cared about her. My sympathies. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

RosePetal

Member Elite

since 2001-08-26

Posts 2985
South Florida

7 posted 2002-01-22 02:41 PM

I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.
This makes me think of my best friend, We have been best friends since 3rd grade and now she lives in NY. We try to keep in touch but life keeps us so busy! (hugs)

RP

peppermint35
Senior Member

since 2000-05-28

Posts 1106
Texas, USA

8 posted 2002-01-22 05:31 PM

This touched me deeply.. I can understand the feeling of great loss..

Some people never have such a friend.. thanks for sharing..

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

9 posted 2002-01-23 07:47 AM

I'm so sorry for your loss Debbie. This piece touched me deeply this morning, and I've placed a note in my calendar to remember to call a dear friend of mine tonight when I get home. Thank you for this gentle, yet sorrowful reminder. Beautifully composed.

Best wishes,
/Kit

rebekah33
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 140
MD/NJ

10 posted 2002-01-23 02:37 PM

A topic that I can relate oh so well to...always keep those memeries close to you heart!
-R

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

rebekah33
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 140
MD/NJ

11 posted 2002-01-23 02:37 PM

A topic that I can relate oh so well to...always keep those memeries close to you heart!
-R

"So stop and love and dance and live and laugh until you cry" Edwin McCain

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

12 posted 2002-01-23 02:40 PM

Nice poem Debbie, it touched me. floria

Floria
"learning, always learning."

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