Don't Stop Speaking

I wrote this for a friend.

I miss what future the present promised us,

A group like a family.

The ridiculous laughter.

The smiles and the seeing you all the time.

Knowing you belonged as part of us.

 

It's sad to see you slip away.

Feeling as if you're intruding,

Not coming around as often.

We miss the constant assurance you brought.

 

Don't go gently into that good night.

Don't recede slowly into the void,

Letting it's darkness lap over the walls of your heart,

and close it's gates forever.

 

I know the darkness.

I know the loneliness.

I know the despair,

The anger, rage, guilt, and self-loathing.

 

And I am alive today, living testament to an undeniable fact.

Love.....is stronger than all those things.

Yes, i have been burned,

Yes I still fight that hollow knot from time to time,

But I don't fight it alone.

Let us show you the brighter things.

 

Don't stop speaking!

Don't stop coming around.

Don't wall up your life and lift the drawbridge of your soul forever.

To borrow a wise man's phrase,

"Do not go quietly into that dark night, but rage!

RAGE!! against the dying of the light."

 

We love you, and we'll be here for you, no matter what. Because we'va all been there too, and we know what it is to walk alone. We won't let you.

Reviews

[Lee E. Powell]

This was awesome. Are you writing about someone who has had a sudden loss? That's what I got from this. Especially when you write...

"Yes, i have been burned,
Yes I still fight that hollow knot from time to time,
But I don't fight it alone."

Very nice piece
Ed