Old Friend
My friend do not leave me stay by my side
The pathways are dark and there is nowhere to hide
If I thought that by now there was a chance that you would be gone
I would have found someone else to keep me moving on
It was some years ago that you were no more
Sometimes I still dream of meeting you on some distant shore
The night is so dark and I am all alone
It was always times like this you let me into your home
We were a gang of young men who laughed together and cried
I will never forget how I heard that you died
Some mutual friends came by to tell me the awful news
From then on it seemed it was all self-loathing and booze
I could not understand how those people let you down
And how as they buried you they made you out to be some clown
I have to admit you died by your own hands
But how you must have felt no one understands
You were eighteen and had the world at your feet
You had a nice girlfriend who was pretty and sweet
Then your best friend and her decided they didn’t need you
If it was me I don’t know what I would do
You were such a good person and honest and smart
Hearing you threw away your whole life tore me apart
You were my classmate, my last link to our old friends
What you would do for any of us didn’t know any ends
You were the first person to have their own CD sound system
You invited me over to give some great music a listen
I felt bad and knew I would never have such a thing
You smiled and told me to wait to see what Santa would bring
The idea that you would give me a gift better than any I ever had
Now makes me feel angry, confused and very sad
Everyone you knew was for a time your best friend
I only wish I could have been there to stop you at the end
Yes I failed you dear friend, I hate to admit that it’s true
Although sometimes I feel your presence when I feel a little unglued
My friend do not leave me stay by my side
The pathways are dark and there is nowhere to hide
Leif Gregersen
December 6, 2014
www.edmontonwriter.com
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