A friend is gone

Recently I lost a friend I thought.

It was sad and it was drab

A very sad time indeed.

When I really looked inside

I found that I had not lost a friend

she has lost a friend

I am faithful

I am wonderful

I am life

I bring sunshine

I bring joy to people's lives

Without me she is in darkness

but not really because I am praying

for her to find the real light

I am a christian

and maybe my new found faith

scares people.

Through the power of faith

I am able to overcome so much

and it scares people

To see so much taken away from me

My marriage, my son

my daughter's health

my grandson

That they can't take it when 

I am in their lives

Too much light and too much joy

So much loss 

and so much joy 

do not make sense to the world

It does not make sense to the

outside world

That with so much lost

there can be so much won

So although I lost a friend

because I was too shiny

maybe the one who really lost was she

because I am still here

waiting to be in her life

just not willing to be a part of the party life

When she is ready I will be here

for a meal or for an ear

If she needs me she can find me

so the loss is not so much mine

as much as hers.

Leticia Zarate 12.8.2014

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

I like your story type confessions. A splendid poem with meaning and inspiration...:).....