To my friends

[Guest Morbid Angel]

You guys were the best thing to happen to me,

When I was with you all I felt so free.

After awhile that freedom turned to gloom,

It became so dark, I couldn't even see the pretty flowers bloom.

 

I struggled through all my pain,

Trying to beat it, time and time again.

I couldn't bear to leave you all,

But everytime I got up, I began to fall.

 

You were my little rays of sunshine,

I felt so proud to say you were friends of mine!

I hold you all close in my heart

'Cause you always picked up the pieces when I fell apart.

 

You all had the right things to say,

To cheer me up, when things didn't go my way.

You were always there for me no matter what,

No matter what was said, it never cut.

 

Guys, I love you all so much,

Though I rarely said this was such.

Please;please, forgive me,

I just needed to be free.

 

Morbid Angel

[Peredhil]

A good tribute to friendship in my opinion.

 

I like the final stanza - allowing friends to move out and grow, and then bring the new strength back in the confidence of being accepted again, is one of the most obvious differences between friendship and co-dependency to my mind.

 

Like one of my friends told me when I was much younger, as I pointed out how far apart we'd grown on our different paths in life,

"Oh shut up; It's too late for us now, we chose to be friends before all that."

I like that definition.

 

Well done.

[Beautiful Nightmare]

Awwwww this is so cute i love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yuki Kokoro]

This is great! A very emotional and genuine expression of friendship, it'a hard concept to get at sometimes but you did a terrific job.

 

The last stanza made it ring true because you gave it more of a personal side. It's hard when you grow away from friends, but sometimes that is what's necessary.

 

Hope to see more from you.