Dating : Until You Are Lost to Me Forever…

We were meant to be together for a lifetime lived apart

You called me in tears,
your marriage over,
and I was there with a bottle of whiskey.
You fell asleep in my arms,
and slept beside me for two days.

Your first company failed,
and I was there to help empty the office.
When the office was gone and that dream over,
we sat on the floor leaning against the wall,
drinking wine as you cried an afternoon away,
then we walked away holding hands as we planned your next adventure.

I was there when your mother died,
a brutal week of a beautiful spirit losing to age,
watching as she slowly let go of your hand and closed her eyes,
with me never letting go of yours until we walked out of the hospital.

Years later you found the love of your life,
I walked you down the aisle and gave you to another.
I have kept your kids for long weekends,
taken your dogs for dawn walks on the beach,
been drunk with your husband talking how we both loved you.

Through our years I have nursed you through illness,
cried a hundred times when you were hurt,
loaned you money when you were chasing new dreams,
talked on the phone until early morning because you needed me.

I am your friend.
I have always been your friend,
and will always be there until one of us dies.
We were meant to be together for a lifetime lived apart.

I love you honey,
have since we were young and stupid,
and after decades together imagine I always will.
There is nothing you have asked for I haven’t given,
and you in return have been the friend others seek but never find.

You may stumble and struggle again in your wonderous life,
but know I will always be there until you are lost to me forever.
Take my hand my love,
I am always here,
and always will be…