Friends by chance

Friends by chance, We four shared  time

We laughed, we cried, Your home and mine

Yet still quite new, Our friendship grew,

Compared with some, We'd had for years

You'de never know that soon we'd learn 

one of us would share bad news

That life would change forever with

Those words we dread to hear

Of one so dear, not long to live

So sorry, live your life as best you can

For time we cannot give

Harsh words for such a kind good man

Disbelief, anger, sadness, no mans land

We try to talk, to see, to show our love

Alas, to no avail, How sad, that in those final days

 we cannot share that time With one we hold most dear

A friend for only a few years

But one who touched our lives

Will soon depart this life and those bereft

Of one so dear will cry but  yet survive