AN ODE TO MY FRIEND


She floated into my life when I never knew
She grew so close and knew all that she wanted to know
About me and her
She spoke to me when her heart felt blue
We sat and sang talking of all the things we would do
Dreaming of staying together
Crying when we though what if we had to part?
Life brought a smile to me face which she knew why?
We would wonder how our lives would pass by.
How she could spend time endlessly not a care about the world
Just wanted to smile and float like a butterfly
A butterfly who knew not where she wanted to go
But spread happiness on every flower she touched
She could never see anyone sad
And would try and pull my socks if I were ever in that state
She had a hidden beauty which everybody loved
She loved life and waited to see each day go by
Talking of days not knowing what if we never met?
But our friendship just grew by leaps



She went miles away but not so far
To come by sometimes and see how we are
Call to check if all is right
And fill our spirits with love and a smile
Sometime just to say “I miss and love you”
Many nights and days flew by
Because we knew that someday we would be together again
She came down for a trip to Bombay
And spend some very special moments embossed till today
She brought back that smile on my cheek
Then she came again to spend time with me
We spoke for hours on end like life would never end
Made dreams and plans laughed, danced and sang
Drank ate slept and cried, Sometimes not knowing why?
And a shot to call to it a night


Then came a call to me one day
To tell me she has left me and gone away
Gone to a land unknown
Somewhere we had never planned so soon
Nor she would go without me by her side
It still feels like a dream that she is so far away
That I break my ears to hear what she has to say
I felt that uneasy twitch
The day her life pulled out the switch
A life she planned so beautifully
We just spoke the night before
But what upset her she would not let me know?
Why?? I asked did she keep that misery away from me.
Why? I asked she kept that hurt from me?
What was it that made her so mad?
What was it that made her sad?
Why did you let go off me??
And make me feel so much pain and misery.
Pain so deep that it hurts me so much
Suffocating me each time with fright
I love you and will treasure you my friend
No matter where you are
And I know deep down in my heart that someday somewhere
We will be back together
Just the way we had always planned.

- By Sandhya Lal
This is memory of my friend Nuzath who was murdered a few years back but the pain inside me never goes away.

Comments

urbangirl said…
So heartfelt, may your friend RIP and hope the guilty was caught and punished.
March 14, 2011 at 12:28:00 PM GMT+5:30
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