A Friend in Need

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Saturday, 29 August 2009

I wrote this poem for a very dear friend who was suffering badly after the death of the father of her two children. 

 They had been married for many years before she lost him to her best friend.  Emotionally she battled for several years, trying to hold her family together despite and throughout many turbulent times, as she watched her beloved husband give his love to another woman.  For the sake of her children she maintained a reasonable relationship with their father and the children spent most weekends with him and his new wife.

Then, one Christmas morning, the children present, as dinner was about to be served, alone in the kitchen, he collapsed and died on the kitchen floor.  A massive heart attack had robbed the children, once again, of their father.

A Friend in Need

I hear your pain and anger, frustration deep within - I wish that I could wave a wand to put right everything.

I feel your sense of loneliness, you feel you`ve lost your way - life will never be the same since that fateful day.

I hear you try to justify, angry; asking why
 life has dealt you such a blow - he didnt say "Goodbye".
I see your tears of sorrow, anger and dismay;

see the trauma, desolation crippling you each day.

So many questions left unanswered,
 many words unsaid
  different scenes flashing before you as you lay in your bed.

Memories of time gone by,
 dreams of yesterday;
 thoughts of what life could have been if he were here today.

A kaleidoscope of images swirling in your mind,
 hoping time will start to heal the ache he left behind.

Wanting to be comfortable, to be yourself again;
 to feel the joy of living without this heart of pain.

Annie you are special, words cannot convey
 the warmth you give,
 the strength that makes you who you are today.

You mother your two children with endless love and care,
 they know you are inspiring - they trust that you`ll be there.

You`ll fill the void within them,
 you`ve brought them up so well,
 and now they`ve lost their father, only time will tell.

He`ll always be a part of them,
 you made them both together.
 - the pain will ease,
 the memories fade
 locked in your hearts forever.

As a friend you`ve always done the very best for me,
 a soulmate
who has understood and helped me endlessly.

Always there to guide me,
 support and show me how true friends can share real empathy;
 I`m here for you
 - right now.