The Best Of Friends
It's been such a long time,
I can't believe I'm back here,
At this place,
This quiet place,
I haven't seen you in years,
I don't think you'd even recognize me,
My skin is no longer smooth and soft,
My hair is no longer a dark purple,
I haven't seen you in such a long time,
You left me so long ago,
I still remember you,
I remember the day you left,
60 years ago,
I stand here staring,
At a stone,
Your name carved on it,
I can't believe I'm standing here,
Why am I here?
Why do I still remember you?
I don't want to remember,
All the pain you caused me,
But I don't want to forget you,
My tears fall upon your grave,
I lay a rose down beside your stone,
My body is weak,
I am 83 years old now,
It's been 60 years,
But I still remember you,
All the good times,
And the bad,
You must be laughing at me,
Because I look so old,
But I don't care,
I had to see you,
Because you were my best friend,
My whole life,
I never trusted anyone,
Then one day a cowboy came along,
A cowboy named Spike,
He took me away,
I was sad,
Because I couldn't remember my past,
He told me not to worry about it,
Because it didn't matter,
It didn't matter if I had a past,
Because I had a future,
Those words still repeat in my mind,
Why did you have to leave?
Why'd you go off and die?
I miss you so much,
Why did I ever meet you?
If I knew it would hurt this much,
I would of never wanted to meet you,
That's what I tell myself,
But it's not true,
Despite all the pain,
I'm glad I met you,
No one ever thought we would be friends,
A cowboy and a bounty head,
The two most unlikely friends,
I still don't know how,
But we did,
You came over to my table,
And played a game of Black Jack with me,
Ever since then we were friends,
I say as I begin to run out of breath,
I sit down next to your stone,
And close my eyes for the last time,
My time here is over,
But at least,
Before I died,
I.
We.
Proved them all wrong,
That two people like us,
Could be friends,
I say one final thing before I go,
My whole life I'd made mistakes,
I have lots of regrets,
But the one thing I never regretted,
Was meeting you,
Spike the cowboy,
Who did what everyone thought was impossible,
Who made friends with a bounty head like me.