My Dear Friend - Karen Allaway

For Karla - a Special Friend

You stand alone again.
The same spot where just weeks ago you stood so tall and proud,
Grief hung round you like a shroud.
Telling of the woman who gave you life.

This time you speak of the man,
The man who took the woman for his wife.
Life is so cruel to have you do it all again so soon.
Where once you stood so tall and strong,

Now you are but a shadow.
A small, dark shadow about to break,
With what life’s cards have dealt upon you.

I stand there watching you my dear friend,
Willing you to be strong so to continue the words you must speak.

Take comfort now my dear friend,
No more pain for them.
For they are with the angels in Heaven,
At peace, never to be separated

Karen Allaway