Butterfly Goodbye

For Keri

 

Too young to leave this world

For one so full of life

The life of the party girl

I would have made my wife

 

But life is often hard

And fate is sometimes cruel

It wasn't in the cards

Fate dealt for me and you

 

You always were a refugee

Trying to catch the magic coach

Your footmen turned to mice again

Before the midnight stroke

 

You could have been Cinderella

With candelabra lit

Dancing on the ballroom floor

But the slipper didn't fit

 

I sang the words of a Tom Petty song

You don't have to live this way

You turned it up and sang along

But the hurt got in your way

 

You cried often in my arms

I tried to soothe to no avail

I held you close like summer rain

Trying to hold the wind up with a sail

 

Remember all the songs we sang

Clumsily I strummed my guitar

Stood on the ladder of life to hang

Our dreams upon some fleeting star

 

Pain is always with us

That's just life I guess

But I'll recall your kisses

And times of happiness

 

I'll recall your laughter

And all the joy we shared

If there's an Ever After

I hope you're happy there

 

You're no longer a refugee

But running was getting old

I pray your spirit dances free

Cinderella on streets of gold

 

In heavenly direction

I'll listen every hour

For a new rock n roll section

In the angelic choir

 

And I'll be thinking of you

Until the day I die

You know I'll always love you

Goodbye my butterfly

 

Reviews

[Patricia B. Hepler]

'You could have been Cinderella
With candelabra lit
Dancing on the ballroom floor
But the slipper didn't fit'

This poem is filled with sweet love for your sweet friend, The quoted paragraph above was especially poignant..you knew her potential yet you accepted her diagnosis. Very much enjoyed this poem.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thank you for reading...she passed away just last May and her birthday was February 14th...I can't help but think of her every Valentine's Day.

[Frieda P]

Butterflies hold a special place in my heart, this is touchingly poignant. Nice read, sad story.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thank you for reading. Such is life...beauty and hope mingled with pain and loss; love and happiness relived in memories which renew our grief.

[Frieda P]

Yep, life is difficult, kind of sucks sometimes. You're welcome, it was my pleasure.

[Noodlehead]

Awwww :'( this so beautifully written and full of emotion.
I'm sorry for your loss. What a lovely tribute to her.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thank you. We shared so many hours and days, thoughts, feelings, fears, hopes, songs and dreams. I hope she found heaven at last. I have a picture in my mind of her dancing around the room to rock and roll music...flashbacks of a Tesla concert we went to together...making passionate love all night long through Hurricane Hugo as it rattled the shutters off the house. We were lovers, friends, lovers again, friends again and at the last old and dear friends. She was my butterfly.

[Noodlehead]

Awwww. That is so sweet. She was absolutely beautiful. You have happy memories and I'm positive she is looking down on you right now and smiling. This was wonderful and I know she would have loved it.

[poetry-kiddo alienbaba]

its heartfelt and deep...and i marvel at the garland you offered in lyrical form to your dear-beloved the near-betrothed!

[MOON]

Touching write and beautiful tribute to a treasured friend. God Bless!

[Tate Morgan]

What a bitterswet end to a life you had plainned I guess wea ll have something like this sorrow in our closets. I wish you well and would see it away from you if i could.But then you would have never loved her .We all need these memories either good or bad they mold our character and fill our hearts
Well done

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thanks for reading Tate. Yes...we all suffer in life by one means or another but hopefully we all know some joy along the way. She was full of the love of living.

[Tate Morgan]

Isnt that just the way of it Only the good die young

[Storyteller]

So very beautiful and tragic. I am so very sorry for this loss. I was very moved by this poem. Thank you for sharing your wonderful writing with the world.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Thank you for reading and your gracious comment.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Very emotional- kept thinking of Tom Pettys song ... your poem rivals his.
Your friend sounds like a wonderful person i would have liked to have known ... this ode to her, poem for her rather gives me a glance of her spirit .. beautiful .. an the title is great.

Chloe

[Balkaran Singh Sidhu]

Oh such a terrible loss...

[Beautiful Brat]

Very beautiful and full of delicate emotion. You've definitely put a soul into these words and it sticks out while you read every part. I'm sorry for your loss but at least this way your friend lives eternally.