abandonment

We ambled together
In concord, long.
Softly approaching
the light
When you turned to me
coldly, & said
somehow boldly
"I'm afraid it is getting too bright"

My soul then could
scarcely imagine
the sorrow I'd soon
understand
You turned from me there
in a moment
(so bare)
And you plucked your hand
from my hand

"Don't leave me here"
I begged
with a tear
"I'm afraid to be left now alone"
But I saw in your eye
The hollow goodbye
that in heartbreaks
before
I had known

Oh, God! How I cried
As you ripped
your soul
From my side,
Abandoned,
Standing in silence
SO CLOSE to the end...
Staggered by my
Solitude
& your severance
cruel & crude
Lone, there I wept
& mourned for my Friend.