Throughout our lives we expend great energy establishing and maintaining friendships. Our relationship with friends blossoms from a seedling, maturing to a point of intimate fondness reserved for a select few. We nurture that relationship as something so sacred, so close to our hearts that seemingly nothing can stand in the way of that friendship. Sadly something happens along this journey and the relationship changes…the flower withers and dies or that intimate friendship suddenly disappears, sometimes for no apparent reason.
How do we let such precious relationships slip through our grasp? Now all that’s left is the pain.
You Went Away
All that we had I thought was a lifetime
The days and nights spent, the laughter and tears
So many moments, so many memories
All of a sudden you just walked away
How can I change what must have been broken
So wrong that forever you went away
Time and distance has gotten between us
Irrevocably close, now torn apart
The warm embraces, unspoken glances
Kept all that we had forever in place
What did I say that brought separation
So wrong that forever you went away
All of the miles that we walked in silence
The paths that we chose so easy to climb
Words always came to us without effort
The memories linger of better times
Can something so good slip through our fingers
So wrong that forever you went away
All I feel is regret for whatever
Suddenly severed the bond that we had
Am I mistaken, was it your doing
How can something so right turn out so wrong
Just one more chance is all that I’m asking
Make up for the pain that sent you away…
How can I change what must have been broken
So wrong that forever you went away
Copyright 2008 Don MacIver
Don MacIver
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