Gone Away

Sent away disheartened
on a whim
I let a friend slip through my fingers.
Several times unloyal,
several times uncomprehending,
several times self-centred.
But what is that compared with
a million times sympathetic,
a million times so caring,
a million times simply there?
Too soon to make my mind up,
too late to change it back,
too proud to say I’m sorry;
how can it matter when
or where,
or how
I say I care?

Once upon a time,
I lost a friend.
If you see him, send him back.
Tell him I still do.

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