A Friend of a Friend

My way of expressing how much I care about my friend.

A Friend of A Friend

A friend of a friend,

he was to me.

I thought nothing of it.

To meet an end,

so tragically,

I wanted to think above it.

I'm not sad,

not really,

because I didn't know him at all,

But this friend of a friend,

was a friend,

of my friend,

who is now backed against a wall.

This friend of a friend,

that I can't forget,

is pulling her into the earth.

I don't want to look,

for I am afraid,

of what a glance could possibly be worth.

I have seen it in mirrors,

dark and unsettling,

and I don't want to see it again,

yet there she sits,

her head low,

crying every now and then.

I can't do anything,

to relieve that pain,

and that is the worst kind of caring,

because no matter what,

severity the storm,

I can always hear her heart tearing.

Author's Note

One of my friends just lost her friend to murder and it crushes me to watch her cripple under so much sadness. I'm very worried about her because she was already on the edge before it happened, making me think that she may end up trying to hurt herself. This is one of my various ways of trying to show how much I care about her and how terribly saddened I am to know that she's going through such an ordeal. I just wish she knew that she's definitely in my thoughts and I would do anything to make her happy and that's the kind of caring that not many people ever get from me.

Reviews

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What a beautiful, empathetic poem. You are a good caring friend to your friend. It's so hard to watch someone you care about hurt so deeply.