If time had stopped.

This is an old poem I had written for a good friend of mine who had passed away.

If time had stopped,
where you stood and waved..
a hint of a smile that couldn't be erased,
and we forgave each other.
like, old friends reuniting...
old stories to tell
and old feelings long gone.

You knew while I couldn't figure it out,
as a bystander I heard the news..
I had treated life like a dream,
and you were a form of reality
as you stepped right in..

You taught me about the things
I had never imagined to do;
what scared me
and seemed strange to me.

Like a dream,
you disappeared
beyond the mist that continued to cloud,
blending into a nightmare.

Smiling grimly,
you waved at me good-bye
as you sank
below the surface of the ground
I thought you’d rather fly..

I stood there,
and watched you lay
in a place I had imagined you to not..
people mourned,
and I observed.

I was the zombie
in the dream that passed too quickly..
you were the one who passed by
and all of a sudden,
time had stopped.

Reviews

[Louis McKraker]

I'm terribly sorry for you loss, but it has brought a great verse out of you here.
i really felt this.

[emipoemi]

......I have no words.....my voice is in my awe!! Well done!

[Tate Morgan]

Very interesting. I do like that you separate it into small parcels to be digested separate.We are all a little poorer for the loss of those we love. They live in you me all of us .Therein lies immortality

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing poetry dear Angeliki.
"If time had stopped,
where you stood and waved..
a hint of a smile that couldn't be erased,
and we forgave each other."
A wish, I made many times. To stop time and repair mistakes. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote