My Friend
He was here just a moment ago
Where has he gone I just don't know
We just sat and talked for a couple of hours
He and I and a friend of ours
He exclaimed how nice a conversation
Not full of gloom and trepidation
A few days later he had a meeting
With some of his family who had come in greeting
The support of his loved ones to be sure
The love of his mother so pure
They all made plans for him to go home
So at Christmas time he wouldn't be alone
I guess none of us were really aware
How quickly he would pass and leave things bare
The feeling of an empty space
My friend no longer there to take up that place
There was no hell where he was destined
Only a better place like he imagined
And now we all must carry on
Until we get to that place of dawn
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Submitted by Willbad on November 30, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFGHHIIJKLM |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 751 |
Words | 159 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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