What do you do when a good friend dies?

[Solace.]

What do you do when a good friend dies?
Do you lash out in anger and curse at the sky.
Or grasp hard denial, the means of the weak,
In an effort to kindle the comfort you seek.


What do you do when a good friend dies?
Once life's breath, so precious, gives the chest final rise.
In haste you take blame, no other at fault,
You kneel upturned earth and deem all happiness to halt.


What do you do when a good friend dies?
When with him the times, both good and bad, lie.
Do you cast aside the past, for memories hurt much too much,
Or struggle and fight for that last lingering touch.


What do you do when a good friend dies?
When all of the tears have all but been cried.
No matter how much, no matter how hard you try,
The only thing to do is say farewell.
Goodbye.


Marc-David Cohn




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[Tielzilla]

how very very true....hugssssssssssssssssssssss to Mandolin Guy and Martin his baby

[swagger87]

What a beautiful poem. I am very sorry for your loss. It doesn't matter how many fur/feather/scale/babies you lose, each loss is as heavy and heartbreaking as the first.

[xxxSpikexxx]

That is a good poem but now I have tears in my eyes :(

[Solace.]

What a beautiful poem. I am very sorry for your loss. It doesn't matter how many fur/feather/scale/babies you lose, each loss is as heavy and heartbreaking as the first.

I couldn′t agree more. :)

That is a good poem but now I have tears in my eyes :(

Had tears in my eyes as well. There was a few others but there′s no way I′d have been able to read them after reading this one. It′s true yet so sad at the same time. Makes you realize how much your pets mean to you!