Special Bond
By Stellar84

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This poem belongs to me, Emily.  All rights reserved.  Please,
no duplicating, copying, or distribution without my consent.
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     One girl walked through halls
     Walked through them every day
     One girl went to classes
     Yet did not caper, nor did play

     One girl with a lack of luster
     Dullness in her eyes
     Her very heart a calmness
     A void, though none realized

     Her life without a purpose
     No goals to stride ahead
     Everyday so boring
     Nothing to like or even dread

     There was no point in living
     Or so she did so feel
     Nothing to look forward to
     Life, an unfair deal

     And so one day she stood
     High above a lake
     Off a bridge she jumped
     Her own life she did take

     When people heard the news
     They paused and looked around
     "What did we do," they wondered
     To induce her to hit the ground

     Yet one boy stood apart
     Tears threatening to spill
     He knew what had happened
     What changed her state of will

     He was the one and only friend
     That she really had
     Then he made new friends
     And decided she was a cad

     So he left her far behind
     Ignoring her each day
     And her heart grew so heavy
     And her mind began to stray

     He had broken the special bond
     Held between the two
     His new friends cared not as much
     Just the answers, not the you

     The special bond between them
     Had simply dissolved away
     She had nowhere else to turn to
     With no more reason to stay

     Rumor says the boy did leave
     From school, from friends, from all
     And went to that very bridge
     Staring down, as if enthralled

     The words that escaped his lips
     Were ones of sorrow and tears
     "I’m sorry I did this to you
     Made true the worst of fears.

     "I broke our special bond
     Our friendship was truly lost
     And if I had only known
     The truly dreadful cost."

     He sat there slowly weeping
     But then a feeling came
     The feeling of forgiveness
     An entity with a name

     The feeling warmed his heart
     And with it came a smile
     Perhaps the bond wasn’t gone
     But it would certainly take a while

     Never would he be alone
     Despite all desperate times
     For he had someone always there
     Someone that would always shine

     That special bond persisted
     Even through the death
     But this might not always be the case
     Bonds broken with a single breath

     Don’t let friendships be lost
     Shattered just like glass
     Like a house of cards
     So easily to collapse

     Let friendship be so special
     Let it be that special bond
     And don’t let others sway you
     In the end, don’t be conned