Your friendship, stuffed into the pockets of my soul...

Reminiscing about a friend, lost in my childhood..

I sat wondering, contemplating..
Nothing really entertaining my mind
just a variety of thoughts, plain
melancholy, sullen, just pondering.
I watched a lone leaf
brilliant orange, with fringes of red
drift gently, twisting on an unseen breeze
from the highest of high
floating effortlessly down from it's home
landing there before my feet.
I found myself looking out
past the old stone wall
bending along the edge of the woods
looking hard into the depths
shrouded in the shadows of autumn trees
Soon the leaves will fall,
reminding me of my long lost friend.
I found myself wafting back to an earlier time
when childhood thoughts were as common
as the very day was long....
when time stood still...
carefree without responsibilities
when life was still ahead of me..
waiting to be explored, touched, and tasted
and you stood beside me.

Unmoored from my post I found myself drifting
much like the leaf falling from on high
whisked to and fro on an unseen breeze
before landing on a hard reality.
Reminiscing, I found myself in the memory of you.
Often, asking myself painful questions
Answers always diluted in self preservation
I petitioned for just another moment
but, you slipped away, barely noticed.
Why is it that people come and go?
Their life cut way to short
never long enough to grow roots
here on moment, gone the next
their friendship left to die.
I try not to let myself dwell in the past
chasing the thoughts of our childhood
weighting heavy on a weary mind
a collection of memories
stuffed into the pockets of my soul
shuffle between yesterday's heartache
and tomorrow's dream.
For you, I have held onto your light
keeping your memory alive
never forgetting your toothy smile
that lent itself to those unworthy,
unselfishly, infectious, and honest...
I never had the chance to say goodbye

I sat wondering, contemplating,
melancholy, sullen, just pondering
what if I had been the one
that slipped away, unnoticed
would you hold onto the light
cherish the childhood laughter
that we long ago shared
honor my name with a tender tear
or would you let me slip away
forgotten in the wash of time
carried away on the tears you cried?
Would you remember me?...
What if.... we should meet again
would you recognize my face
weathered in age, creased in worry
washed in the confusion of death
would you know me?
would you take my hand and guide me
shuffling along that path of eternity
like we did, long ago when childhood
kissed at our faces.

Reviews

[Inkcognito]

You craft your thoughts ever so skillfully into gentle, tender, deeply moving tear-jerking creations - there is no escape, no way to prevent being drawn to your caring heart, no way to prevent being captured by the depth of your soul.
You will be remembered by anyone who ever made the effort to know you...you will be stuffed into the pockets of the soul of anyone who ever cared and loved you....
(I guess, what I'm saying, is this: you will be thoroughly stuffed...whether you realize it, or not!)
Another exquisitely composed write, a truly beautiful lament
xx

[joshua deathdealer]

This is epic. I really enjoyed this heartfelt write. Beautiful work..xx

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

like we did, long ago when childhood kissed at our faces. Oh so beautiful!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

"Would it be the same...if I saw you in heaven?" Eric Clapton

This was wonderfully nostalgic and emotionally involved...moving...you show great depth of feeling and thought here...things that make great poets. (smile)

[a_glimpse_of_internal_p..]

I hope you truly grasp and internalize how talented you are... I'm going to provide more specific feedback in the near future-- a clear reflection of a writer who's nurtured their craft of the written word

[Tasha]

This was beautiful.

[Javon Monet]

Beautiful. It was so tender yet powerful all at the same time, one could not help but sink back in to time when they lost someone and completely relate to your words. This is art, You drew me in and took me on this journey of reminiscing with you. I loved it.

[.]

. oh wow ... if i was your friend and i read this poem ... i'd be back in your universe within a fraction of a second ... this is that beautiful and poignant and heartfelt ... brilliantly written ... absolutely overwhelming ... (on a practical note, i wonder if you've tried to locate your friend such as on facebook or linked in) ... and of course ... brilliant title ...

[Amy Bumpas]

You have some really touching lines in this one.
Strange how something so simple can turn our thoughts
to another time, place, a longing that never seems to end.

[Crowley]

This is so good, reminds me of one of my fave movies Stand
By Me. Great vibe to this and a true tribute to the feelings that are not only impossible to shake, but are so highly valued in the backs of our minds that we always refer to them as we learn and grow. Nice work....

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

deeply saturated in the multihues of emotions within the body of this moving poetic painting~