I couldn’t save you.

Friendship


Notice of absence from Friendship
Thank you for your kind words and friendship; however, I must take a temporary leave of absence for several months to provide care and support to a friend, out of state.❤️
I couldn’t save you.
My dearest love, the hardest truth I bear,
A heavy stone upon my breaking chest:
I couldn't save you. This, my deep despair,
The burden of a soul that finds no rest.
I would have traded everything I owned,
My strength, my very breath, my fragile life,
If for a moment longer you had shown
Your presence here, escaping bitter strife.
To buy one fragile second, I'd have paid
With all I am, a bargain gladly made.
But I stood helpless, watching you slip free,
As if the air itself dissolved your form.
The world collapsed in deafening agony,
A silent ruin amidst the gathering storm.
Each second stretched, a universe undone,
As darkness fell before the setting sun.
It broke a thing inside me, deep and stark,
A fractured core that time cannot repair.
A wound that leaves an everlasting mark,
Beyond all solace, distance, or the care
Of passing years. It bleeds, an endless pain,
A love unhealed, a love that will remain.
 
 
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  • sorenbarrett

    I could see deep emotion and pain in this poem of loss. A sense of despair and continued regret even a sense of blame. It cries with remorse of a most helpless nature where one questions if they had done something different would things have been different. An after the fact questioning that only serves to fuel the fire of self condemnation the (what if) question we all ask ourselves afterwards. But a question that serves no purpose and keeps us in this never ending circle of thought. Very nicely composed and felt.

    • Friendship

      I thank you for stopping by and reading my poem.

      • sorenbarrett

        My pleasure friend

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        My friend, this one cuts deep…the grief is palpable, the love unhealed but eternal. You’ve turned heartbreak into something sacred. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️ Very well done!

        • Friendship

          I thank you for stopping by and reading my poem.

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            You are most welcome, my friend! Always a pleasure! Thank you for sharing! I am always looking foward!

          • Doggerel Dave

            Stopped by and read it.

            • Friendship

              I thank you for stopping by and reading my poem.

            • Neville


              This reads like a mourning song .. a very good mourning song I might add .. and filled to the point of overflow with regret .. Neville 👍👍

              • Friendship

                I thank you for stopping by and reading my poem.



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