In The End

As the day comes to a close,

Sunlight fades to a golden glow,

Rising darkness emerging slow,

Time has paused in its flow,

And my soul is not willing to go,

Lost a friend, not long ago;

Sitting by his side, the silence speaks,

While he rests peacefully underneath,

The voices playing inside my head,

Too bold to lead, too meek to spread,

Slowly consuming a part of me,

As I close my eyes, forget reality;

Trying to capture the memories shared,

I feel them slipping, I had not cared

To preserve them, and now I find myself

Wanting to wake my friend and ask for help,

And I realize, although I didn’t see,

It was the only thing that he left me;

Sadness grows as I rise to depart,

Tears are only for the weakest heart,

I cannot cry, that sense is gone,

With a hollow heart I must carry on,

Filled with regret for the moments lost,

Waiting to fathom what the priceless cost,

Should’ve given more time, he was a good friend,

Only if I’d known what lay in the end.