A REALLY GOOD FRIEND
by Michael Langston

A really good friend…
You turned out to be.

I want to thank you so much
For abandoning me

With no explanation,
With no farewell,
With no well-wishes,
With nothing to tell,

You might as well have told me
To go straight to hell.

Suddenly, you’re just gone!

So, lost and alone,
I can barely go on.

There’s a right way
And a wrong way
Of doing such things,

And you chose the wrong way
And all the hurt that it brings.

I might even have loved you;
Yes, it’s true!

How is it possible
To thank God enough
For the precious gift
Of knowing you?

Is that what I said
When now you treat me
As though I were dead?

I considered you my dearest
And sweetest of friends.

Too bad there’s no grave…

For you to visit
And make your amends.