A missing friend

7-26-11
The Missing Friend.

You pop into my mind now and then.
Thought you’d always be in my life, for the good times and the bad.
I miss sharing things with you,
I miss knowing what’s going on in your life.

Waiting for the heartache to stop, waiting for the anger to end.
People grow apart even the best of friends, I just didn’t thing we would.
It’s not just your fault, it’s mine as well.

We were family once, now I don’t know you.
You were always at my side, now there is this empty space where you’re supposed to be.
When I needed you, you were by my side, when you needed me, I was there.

How did our lives become so separate?
I’ve tried to replace you but no one else knows what you know. No one could know the history, the years we spent telling each other everything.

You weren’t my sister by blood, you were by choice, and that can be stronger.
If you needed me I’d still be there without question.
I miss you, my family misses you.

You stood for me at my wedding; you were waiting in the hall when I had my first child.
You held my son’s hands when he took his first steps.

Every holiday, every birthday, you were there.
I’ve known you since I was 10 yrs old; I want to know you when I’m 90.