A Friendship Lost

16-08-04

It is my fault,
I know now,
Yet I cannot admit,
I do not know how,
To apologise adequately.

You and I begin way back,
A childhood shared,
Laughter, grief, joy,
Nothing spared,
Lives surrounded each other completely.

Yet when I moved away,
Separated by space so vast,
That time sped us by,
Just as thoughtlessly.

I thought of you often,
More so when I was alone,
But I never said a word,
A rift so large and never cured,
Unsure, I looked on longingly.

I am sorry more than I can say,
I grieve for the friendship lost,
Through the passage of time and space,
A treasure that slipped away carelessly.

I think of the years that could have been,
Discovering the world together,
Growing, shaping one another,
I know I would have lived and loved,
More joyfully.

* I've resumed contact with her now (after about 8 years), which was thankfully initiated by another friend. Sadly, things just arent the same anymore...