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I Watched My Best Friend Die

October 31, 2014
By Roseate PLATINUM, San Ramon, California
Roseate PLATINUM, San Ramon, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Life is too short to be anything but happy."


I watched my best friend die

except there wasn't much blood--

just a glazing of the eyes,

a slowing of the heartbeat,

and a growing paleness

that also seemed to

infect his soul

because his laughter started fading,

his smiles dwindling,

and all the will to live

evaporating

along with whatever love

he held for me--

crumbling between our fingertips,

he continued to slowly perish

right in front of me,

and my hands didn't know what to do--

the rest of me was frozen,

helpless

because his wound was not visible,

not physical,

not treatable--

the pain instead pouring,

gushing out

of his damaged soul,

and even though is death wasn't gory

or immediate,

it didn't lessen how seeing him

lose himself to that darkness,

witnessing his spirit burning out,

was a slow torture that eventually

unraveled me to the point where

I forgot what I looked like whole again.



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on Dec. 23 2014 at 1:23 am
Roseate PLATINUM, San Ramon, California
35 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is too short to be anything but happy."

Thank you for your kind offer, but hopefully family, friends, and poetry will suffice for me. Happy holidays!

on Nov. 16 2014 at 4:00 pm
Jonah Halbert GOLD, Booneville, Mississippi
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I am sorry you are going through that. I am here to help if you ever need to talk or something.

on Nov. 15 2014 at 12:01 am
Roseate PLATINUM, San Ramon, California
35 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is too short to be anything but happy."

Yeah. My best friend has depression and often has suicidal thoughts. Over the years, I've seen it slowly getting worse, and it's really tough to see someone you love waste away like that and not being able to do anything about it. I appreciate your comment so much. Thank you.

on Nov. 12 2014 at 9:56 am
Jonah Halbert GOLD, Booneville, Mississippi
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This speaks to me. I feel broken inside just from reading. I think by " dying " you mean that your best freind was spiraling down into depression, or/and maybe just not believing in him or herself . Another guess is your freind was becoming suicidal because he/she didn't see the point in living anymore.   My heart goes out to you for creating great poetry that clearly conveys an important lesson we all need to learn.