My Friend

My friend.
Why do you have to leave?
I was just learning to trust you,
Just learning to laugh.
My friend.
You taught me so much.
You explained every impossible problem-
You told me to live a little.
Who’s going to do that for me now?
My friend.
I was only learning to let my hair down.
You’ve only seen the negative side of me.
How much time do we have left?
My friend.
I’d finally begun to call you that.
I’d finally begun to realize that you mean so much to me.
Why did it take me so long?
My friend.
I wish you nothing but the best.
I wish you luck and a perfect future.
I wish that you could be successful in everything you do.
My friend.
I would say I’ll never forget you.
But our hearts easily change.
I can promise that I will continue to live this way.
My friend.
As we grow up
As we go our separate ways
Please don’t forget me either.
My friend.
Please let’s keep in touch.
I don’t know how to tell you this.
I can’t look at you without dying inside.
My friend.
I know you are getting the worse end of the bargain.
You are the one leaving everything you know.
You can’t help leaving, but I can’t help hating you for it.
My friend.
With a bit more time
With a bit more luck
What could we have been?
Where would we be in a few years?
Might we have ended up as more than friends?