Friends Disappear

10/15/14

Leaves turn red

They fall

Brown branches

On long-standing trees

Curl with the crisp mourning air

Embracing the change.

Clouds turn black

Rain falls

Faces color with the mood

The weather hails

And summer drowns in its chill

Embracing the change.

Friends fall too

They fail

Their shields,

At times, 

Are not so strong

For humans do not so easily embrace the change

So sometimes

Friends disappear

They become strangers,

Foreigners,

Outsiders.

They become someone

You never thought they could ever be

But sometimes it's you

Do not run from the winds of change

Stay for the hurricane

Stay for the turmoil, the torment

Stand your ground

As well you can

And if you're blown away

Learn

How to embrace the change

And we will welcome you back

With open arms