A poem for a friend

Delicate as a shadow

As darkness hangs over you

You yearn for light

To outline your frame

At times you seem happy

Staying busy is your drug

You sometimes touch your sadness,

Then conceal it in your soul

A conversation ensues

Your beautiful heart starts to reveal

You describe your struggles pragmatically

Bending but never a break

You withhold tears of substance

You suppress years of hurt

Injustice has hardened you

A cage of mirrors surround you.

You only need one friend

To take an X-ray of your soul

A heart that sees right through you

And shares the burden that you hold

The friend doesn't say I'm sorry

You are tired of compassion

He wants the gates of tears to open

From the angelic face you own

“Cry my dear cry”

He begs for you to submit

"Take advantage of my shoulder

Leave your iron will for others"

Rely on he who loves you

It is for him that you are not alone

He yearns for your tear upon his finger

It would be worth more to him than gold. 

‘Today’ is a crucial word

for we never know tomorrow

Life is but a shadow

Fleeting……