where do we go from here?

watching someone self destruct i didn't know what to do so i wrote about it.

I’ve watched you self destruct over the years

And as you’re beginning to hit rock bottom.

I can’t help but think,

 

How did this happen?

What could I have done to stop this?

And where do we go from here?

 

When did I loose the person I knew all those years,

In the blink of an eye she left.

And I’m standing in bewilderment.

 

How did I miss the signs?

What drove you to this?

And where do we go from here?

 

When I heard the story’s and you laughed it off.

I tried to smile through the pain.

I’m not the only one.

 

How did we let you slip?

What made you think this was normal?

And where do we go from here?

 

I couldn’t watch it happen,

But it did and I blame myself when I have no right to.

I think about you every night and will for the rest of my life.

 

Weather I like it or not.

Weather I ever see you again.

the last seven years replay in my mind like seconds.

And I don’t know where to go from here.

 

Author's Note

ignore grammer. do you get the emotions that are trying to be captured here?

Reviews

[Angel Baby]

I definitely got the emotions.I've watched my father fall futher and futher into self-destructive behavior with his drinking. I 've learned I just have to ignore it or it will eat me up. I know it's what will take his life. Thanks for sharing your write it was well penned. P.W.

[hershey's kiss]

-cries-
i know who you're talking about.
and i hear ya.
=[
and i want it to be better, too.
i didn't know them that well, but i still feel like i could have done something..
anyway...
i like how you brought it all together and wrapped up each phase with the same sense of hopelessness and a touch of desperation.
(that sounded weird.)
this one flows very nicely.

- hershey's kiss

[James K. Blaylock]

I've known many people who've dove into the abyss of darkness, and it is an awful feeling to be so helpless. But truly we can only give so much, and try so hard... because in the end it is up to the individual. And sadly, sometimes the only way to learn is to learn the hard way.

jkb

[Daniel_Puyda_2704]

Yeah, really got the emotions. My impression was that you had a caring friend who slipped into really bad habits that changed him/her (IE: drugs, alcohol, etc...). I may not know that sort of pain, but... my thoughts and hopes go out to you. Hope everything works out.

[Jennifer Elizabeth]

I definitely got the emotions. In fact, I've had more than one friend that I've watched fall into self-destructive behavior. I spent three years trying to "save" my best friend & always thought that it was my fault if he failed. It was a long, painful process of learning to accept that he had made his own choices. Very well written.

[James]

wow... i'm sorry
i've had a lot of people just leave out of my life also..
and me being one of your friends (which we haven't talked in forever haha)
feel even more sorry
i wish i could say that you won't ever lose anyone, but that's not reality
and reality's a jerk
i think this is a very, very good write
i like it a lot, cuz it's what i did when it happened to me
all the memories, the time's you and that person have had together play through your head like a short film
but cherish those memories, and hope that you and that person will talk, or chill again
always hope
love ya
jamesy

[Poeticpiers]

we often accept guilt which does not belong to us.Everyone is responsible for their own actions and reactions. Where do we go from here,we press on having learnt something from the exerience if only how to recognise the warning signs about which we can do little
as for the grammar etc a spell check and re edit before posting would add authority to your well chosen words