Around the corner

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Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
“Tomorrow” I say! “I will call on Raza
Just to show that I’m thinking of him.”
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
“Here’s a telegram sir,” “Raza died today.”

And that’s what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them. Don’t be afraid to express
yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because
when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late.
Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay
close to your friends and family, for they helped you make a better
person that you are today.

MY FRIEND

“The silence slices through my soul with surgical precision and leaves me full of doubts and fears and painful indecision. I cannot read between the lines but sense that something’s wrong I really need to feel you near back here where you belong. My heart measures our distance with strength and depth of ache your absence slowly killing me I pray the strings don’t break. Yet here I sit and wait for you to find your way back home to complete the heart that beats for you, I’m nothing, on my own.”