RainBlueEyes - Poetry - A Last Request

A LAST REQUEST

I walk along the beach
watching the foam rest against the sand
and a small conch shell
that is beached upon the land

The sun is slowly setting
it's orange luminecence caressing every wave
as it carefully moves out of sight
and slowly fades away

The fog horn in the distance
heaves it's mornful cry
warning brave ships
to be careful on their way by

Nature has laid to rest
and all is still
except for the brillant light
that flashes from the lighthouse on the hill

As all this beauty makes it's carving in my mind
I slowly begin to recall a memory
I tried to leave behind
of a similar walk along the beach
that took place years ago
with a dear dear friend
I came to love and know

We were the best of friends
and had promised we would never part
for we knew if we did
it was sure to break our hearts
but tradgedys do happen
every now and then
and I guess we didn't want to admit
our time together would soon end

I knew she had to go
before to very long
and the last words she said to me
I will forever hold on

"I thought our promise would last forever,"
she said as tears welled in her eyes,
"but I knew sooner or later
it would have come to this goodbye.

"Don't cry when I'm gone,"said she,
"just take a walk along the beach
and you'll remember me."

So every year on that day
I do my very best
to take a walk along the beach
and fill her last request

But it's hard to hold back tears
as the memories flood my mind
for they say the only thing
that heals a wonded heart is time

As time passes
I walk along this beach of sand
and remember the last few moments
my friend and I held hands

I fall to my kness
as I realize once again
that the one thing that meant the world to me
is gone - my one true friend

"Why? Why?" I scream at the sky
as night turns into day
"Why did she have to be the
one you took away?"

I sit in silent question
as the wind dries my tears
remembering her last words
suddenly comforts all my fears

"Goodbye," I say
in a very soft tone
"We'll meet again someday,
for this I've always known........"