A Dieu

dedicated to those closest of friends I only spoke to a handful of times.
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So you've come one last time to bid me farewell
i'll smile and say, i cant pretend i wont miss
what i saw in you since that first day
that sweet spark of goodness that winked
at me playfully once & over again
& we grew in quiet respect to appreciate
what must have been a type of love -- it is there still
not clinging, secure & unchanging as distance tears us apart & spreads

So now you're moving on & won't visit anymore, i wish you
all you'd dare to dream for & more, as the world is at your feet
& though once in a while i'll think back over days gone by
it will always be with fond memories & never questioning
why each leaf that's blown from the same tree falls so far

My friend I can't say i wont miss talking
but this was never the true link which grew, that wont be severed over miles & times
for what i saw & loved in you keeps you in my prayers

So, i thank you for the parting wish
which is more than i've had from some like you, who just disappeared
& wish you all your heart desires in life, i know you'll be fine
until the great reunion which draws like to like, if i should ever cross your mind
& too make you smile & wonder what i'm up to, & care to visit one last time
although i know you wont & thats ok i'll say,

i'll always be here
should you want to try.

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