When A Friendship Dies

When a friendship dies
no mourners come
with last respects to pay


There’s nothing 
but the silence
where there once was much to say


Old comforts
feeling awkward
on the chances that we meet


We are strangers
once again
in our passings on the street


The laughter
and camaraderie
of former times are through


You’ve found a better
crowd to join
and I shall find one too


No, there will be
no fanfare
no memorial for the dead


No tributes
in the papers
no obituaries read


For it will simply
fade away
right before your eyes


Leaving you
to write a poem
when a friendship dies




© Mike Michael Wise
12/31/15

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