Bella Bear

It's good when friends return.

How would I have known 

that when you left 

home would follow 

 

I felt it in my heart 

familiar became a word

foreign to me

 

I knew something was a miss 

when I said goodbye

 

the days lost their luster 

the nights a little colder 

 

how would I have known 

that when you left 

peace would follow 

 

no matter how much sleep I got 

my spirit was bereft of rest 

 

under the moon's gaze 

I carried the weight

of emptiness

 

isolation's chill was

where the warmth of our 

conversations  were

 

How would I have known

that when you left

happiness would follow

 

I discovered the 

depth of sadness

 

fathoms below 

the light of hope

 

I know now

with one hello

how important you are

 

Thank you my 

dear friend

I can smile

once again.

Author's Note

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