If that’s all I ever am to you,
Someone to make you feel happy and young,
Trust me, it’s worth each millisecond—
You make me feel alive and unstrung.
And if I was just a good friend to
Lean on and lift you out of this mess;
Thank you, you touched my compassionate
Heart and have snatched me out of distress.
If I was destined to be no one,
Well, I know now that can never be,
Because in your simple words and care,
You truly made someone out of me.
Innocence is your first friend
When you bump into this world,
Getting quite the concussion.
It finds you fetal and curled
And whispers sick lullabies
To make you trust everyone.
And suff’ring from amnesia,
Confidence is easily won.
Life and friends start to betray,
And everything is just show.
Abandoned, abused you find
Innocence was the first to go.
“Friendship is a delicate beast
That you must tend with utmost care,
Because, if it ever escapes,
You’ll wonder if ’twere ever there.”
You told me this, though much too late,
After I’d let false friendship grow.
There was ne’er reason to warn me,
As it’s something I well should know.
Time passed like strangers lost in mist,
And my little faults were revealed.
Though I’d been self-sacrificial,
Our relationship I had killed.
How? I fin’ly withheld the blade
I’d long used in sacrifices
Of precious, intangible things,
Being sure the past suffices
To build a strong rapport with you.
But you forgot all I’d given
The self-same moment,
And our shallow bond was riven.
That is to say when I perform
In a manner which pleases you
And live up to all your standards
We can be friends; if not it’s through.
Hello again, another year’s gone,
But my love for you has remained true.
Though time, winds, and rain can etch out stone,
They can’t fade my memories of you.
The adventures we shared when we were young,
The follies of our innocent days,
All of the meaningless words we once sung,
Maturing together our own ways,
The problems that loomed above like clouds
Which we faced calling them funny shapes,
Our friendship’s warmth found amidst cold crowds,
The relief of our narrow escapes,
Departure’s cruel sting burning our eyes
With all the salt from the ocean’s deep
As we were dispersed like a dream flies
Quickly from the mind wakened from sleep,
And all of the sacred times we’ve known
Have given my life deeper meaning.
As years vanish more friends come along,
But on your shoulders I’m still leaning.
Though there may one day be a sad price
Paid in tears should one day our paths part,
You’ve taught me it’s worth the sacrifice,
For friendship never dies in the heart.
I may be far away from home now,
But you have remained a part of me.
My unfailing good luck charm, my Tao,
Is the worth of your friendship to me.
In the thoughts that strengthen me each day,
Gladdening my heart when I despair,
Your friendship will remain young always
Since to time and space love’s unaware.
How I hope we can have the chance to
Share more memories in coming weeks.
But if this wish is not to come true,
Then know what my heart sincerely seeks:
May you be blessed the entire year through,
Prospered, protected, and full of cheer.
Know that I dearly love and miss you.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Midnight Musings from Melancholy Muses 