Better Because of You

Dedicated to old friends

 

Better Because of You

 

Searched and searched for you again

Looked and looked for my old friend

Over the years I wondered of you

Then one day, out of the blue.

 

Found your face

On the World Wide Web.

Stared at your picture,

Matched the one in my head.

 

The one that I took with the camera

Of my heart.

The mental snap shot

From last we part.

 

How could it be so many years?

How could it be that happy tears

Of long ago could still be there

Could bring back memories of times we shared?

 

You should know what you meant to me,

That our time together is still with me

You were a friend that forever changed me,

Though you may have never known.

 

I’m better because I knew you then.

I’m better because of your smile.

I’m better because of our short time

And that you were a friend.

 

Shelly Araujo

February 09, 2009

Reviews

[Writer Lover]

I love this poem and it is powerful too. Friends can always bring out the best in us and help us to realize how much we are loved.

Writer Lover

[LivingDeath]

Very good poem. We have all lost friends of who's friendship cannot ever be matched again, and you dont know how much they mean to you until they are gone. Than you finally realize that they gave you a hapiness that you can only feel when you around them. I can relate to this, very good poem.

[Ellen Hammond]

A lovely positive, tribute of friendship and gratitude. So often we don't get a chance to tell someone how much we have learned and grown from having known them, perhaps because we don't take time to reflect upon it until they are gone. I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing.

[Wildecat]

This is a wonderful tribute to freindship.

[Brjden (Bridge-Den) Cre..]

Good write. I can tell this was truly from a real life experience. Good, consistent flow......

[Fallen Angel]

I kinda understand, I had old friends which I lost over time, and they meant the world to me, it's a beautiful poem.