a best friend died today

s.orrow a.gony d.istress

we were one 
i was you as you were me
vulnerable at the slightest touch 
consolation in our embrace 
stay with me.

a day ago the devil’s bane was but a mere whisper

a day was all it took.

heaven, a heartbreak away

another destination to cry under

tonight i sleep along the weeping river

to see him drift off to his promise land

tonight i bear his pain

releasing us of all save for the gloom