Dear David - Ghost Heart

It’s been two years since we last met

This place has changed but I’m still the same

This winter’s cold reminds me of my feelings then

This hollow shell that you made me;

Year by year I’m healing slowly

There will always be a part I refuse to fill;

Forever empty

I drove past your house today

I remember the smell of the smoke;

Sharing stories and how we would laugh

At your stupid jokes

You left me on my own

Every year the seasons change and I wonder if I do too

Every day we breathe is a victory

The words you said to me that day will be in my heart forever

But it’s getting late so I have to go

How could you do this to me?

I thought we were brothers

There’s nothing left in me but anger

You always said we would get through this together

You lied to me

Your ghost haunts me every day

It’s hard to move on when these wounds are so deep

But a lot has happened since you left

Remington graduated and started his life

But we haven’t heard from Patrick in years

Matt and T got married last fall

And we all wish that you could have been there

Dexter and I are going back to school

I know that you wanted us to finish

I’m finally free;

Finally happy again

I’m going to live my life to its fullest

That being said

Goodbye my friend

I love you and I’ll see you again

Every year the seasons change and I wonder if I do too

Every day we breathe is a victory

The words you said to me that day will be in my heart forever

But it’s getting late so I have to go

You live on in me

After all this time I’m finally free