2008-06-10 - 3:33 p.m.
mourning a friend
i met a girl once, and she was-
she was-
beyond description.
So vibrant and vivacious,
and so very much Alive!
Her smile seemed to fill the world,
tossed from limb to limb, from eye to eye,
as she casually shared with anyone, with everyone.
She believed in Life and Love,
Music, Mirth, and Merriment-
Joy above all else!
A beacon of Belief when there was little to believe in.
But, that has gone away.
i do not know you anymore.
i read the thoughts you choose to share
(and wonder what atrocities you censor).
All that hate-
the biting, stinging stench of it hangs around you like a cloud.
But you do not cast it off.
You hold it to your heart, as if this sludge will sooth your pain.
You display it like a hard-earned badge,
a declaration that- Yes, you have been wronged!
And, i can see you're drowning-
lost within a sea of loathing, the shore long out of sight.
But i can not save you.
All i can do is remind you of a girl i used to know-
a girl that could swim-
a girl that could soar!
