Time heals all wounds

The loss of my best friend.

How can 24 hours last 18 years?

No matter the number of fallen tears.

Is it an unwillingness to let go?

How does one forget what they know?

Is it a guilt you can't get past?

Or is it just that that the pain will always last?

Time Heals All Wounds...

The night you left I wanted to die,

When asked if I was alright, I would always lie.

The drinking, the drugs, just to numb the pain,

If only I would have known there was nothing to gain.

All these years of constant sadness,

And to just let go could relieve all the madness.

Time Heals All Wounds...

Year after Year I would mourn,

Knowing my heart would always be torn.

Your name, your friendship, the love that we shared,

Only to think that there would never be another who cared.

How do I let go and let my feelings stray?

All along thinking it's you I would betray.

Time Heals All Wounds...

You've been gone longer than you had been living,

Grieving heart and soul is what I have been giving.

I still love you to this day,

And nothing or no one can take that away.

But I'm still here and you've been go so long,

Is letting you go really so wrong?

Time Heals All Wounds...

One can't place a time limit on grief,

But it is my wholehearted belief, 

That letting you go is for the best,

So that you and I can finally rest!

Letting Go.... Heals All Wounds!

Author's Note

This is for my best friend who died at the age of 16. He was shot and died in my arms. I miss him every day still.