My Best Friend Died By Alice Edwards

My Best Friend Died
© Alice Edwards

Published: July 2015

My best friend has gone away
No more will we laugh and play
No more games and whispered secrets shared
No more comfort knowing she cared

My best friend is dead and gone
Never again to tag along
With me to the park or mall
Or have a sleepover or do anything at all

I wish that I could have said goodbye
Told her I would miss her; somehow I must try
I have so much left to say
I know! I will write my goodbye and send it her way

In a note written down, then sent by fire and flame,
In a bottle on the sea, or a gift by her grave
Or perhaps I will whisper it, and send it on a prayer
And imagine her reading it and knowing I care

My best friend has died, nothing that can change.
But at least now I have said goodbye
Farewell, dear friend; I will hold your memory in my heart
So as long as I live, we are never truly apart.