I held you in my arms as you were surprized and bleeding, saying you did not see them in the dark before they stabbed you
WHY? Was it a gang thing then? Or troubled teen?
I wear your necklace even though the beads have faded and peeled the fake gold from them
your friendship was gold to me
sometimes 911 can't fix things
I felt your heart beat close to mine and would have held you safe for all of time
I kissed your hair black as ebony
the sun kissed your shoulders when you worked outside landscaping or fixing something
you loved me and we were more intimate than if we had ever had sex for in our hearts we were close
I felt your sorrow and pain and anger burning for the murder of your mother
shot dead in your yard when you were a child when she was out gardening
in the same house I later lived
you came by to do some gardening and we met and grew to be friedns over time
and in my heart and mind
love and respect for you
is what I will find
you wanted to know why I would not sleep with you once
when you were drunk and angry and sad
but later you were sorry and glad
our friendship was wroth so much more
and today as i was walking I still felt the sorrow
maybe it pained my eyes and that is why a nieghbor who used to not like me because she was jeoulous
stopped to give me and my kids a ride
Love is never wasted
I will wear the beads you gave me forever
and wear inside the changes you made
by touching my soul
you had a card joking you were an ailen from Rt 66 or some thing
but to me
whatver you were and whatver you are
will always be
BEAUTIFUL