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Dear Friend:
Please put it behind you,
let it go for a while.
You're too lost in mourning,
lighten up, try to smile.

I know it's a tragedy.
I know how you feel,
but you must just get through it,
move on so you'll heal.

I just can't stand
to see you in pain.
I know if you try
you'll be happy again.

Dear Friend:
The person you still want me to be
is gone, locked away,
and I don't have the key.

I'm really not choosing
to be like this,
but my life is pure feeling,
clenching me like a fist.

There's a bleak, somber moat
between me and the world,
the drawbridge so heavy,
splintered edges so cruel.

When I venture out strongly,
the pain wraps me still,
colors my actions,
saps at my will.

So please, don't give up,
though I'm hopeless and lost.
Our friendship's true value
reflects in its costs.

Author Unknown

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