O Friend, I miss you
One for the friends we lost on the way
POETRY
7/26/20262 min read
O friend,
now that you've gone,
I miss you.
What words were said,
what you understood,
what I felt...
O friend, all that matters is, you,
and you've gone.
Who are we,
without our mistakes,
without regrets,
without a heart that can love,
without words said wrong,
who are we, if not humans
trying to figure out life for what it's worth.
O friend, you made days better,
talking to you never made me feel lesser.
Now whom will I send pictures of food I made,
or squabble on the grammar of what you said.
Whom should I call when I want to talk,
who else will now make me walk.
O friend you've spoiled me with your grace,
now whom should I look toward, whose face?
Let me tell you something I never said,
you are every colour in the rainbow:
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red.
I still walk the same roads we walked,
sit at the same place we sat.
I still order two teas,
one masala, one chocolate,
just hoping you'll come, even late.
What about the promises of the lake
with the lilies and lotuses;
is that another promise we are going to break?
O friend, you just want a good bye,
but never asked if I too wanted this, you never ran it by!
Now that our paths have separated,
my friend,
all I do is cry.
I still wait to get yet another empty post card,
from your travels in the great big sky.
Do you promise me it all feels the same...
when you do not see me at the end of the day.
O friend, I know you are angry and sad,
but what is us, if not turmoil in each of our empty head.
I still wait by the corner, alone,
waiting for you.
For sometimes the path we choose,
brings us back home.
If you say, what you chose is better,
then I shall not call your name,
if not, you will hear me in the middle of the night,
shouting the same jokes, you once called lame!
For who else will I find who will understand my jokes,
who will laugh on the reason why it's "ladies first"?
O friend, I miss your laughter,
which starts with a chuckle, and then moves into this loud noise.
I would have stopped you and held your hand,
if I didn't know what you are after.
O friend if being away is what you want,
you do that,
you be happy.
For all that we are, are grains of sand,
I can't hold on too tight,
or too long.
O friend if you read this,
I hope you are happy,
for I will always be the Grace,
to your Rocky.
O friend if this is good bye,
I hope everything is and always remains,
AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!
O friend, now that you have gone,
I miss you,
Good Bye.