This is actually a song i wrote about losing my best friend to a drink driving accident. It's far from perfect but i cannot bring myself to change anything as this was my first serious attempt at writing and is very important to me.
Many years ago
Our feet in the sand
Mates forever
The unspoken plan
We used to sit at that spot
Whenever the chance
To talk things over
That no one else would understand
You knew me
And I knew you
Better than most
Our families too
When it was you and I against the world
We could run away
We’d hide in each other’s company
To escape from disarray
So I’ll play pretend
I don't want them to see
Hide and go seek
They’ll never find me
A few years ago
A gift the devil sent
An argument, the catalyst
Of my nightmares of infinite descent
Oh how oppressive
My actions seem in the course
Of sending you home
On the back of the pale horse
You didn’t take the poison
That caused your demise
It was swallowed by your killer
Whom should have paid the price
So I'll play pretend
I don't want them to see
Hide and go seek
They'll never find me
The guilt in my heart
The pain that I feel
I don’t care what they say
..Time doesn’t heal
I’m sorry, I’m sorry
But you can’t hear me
I swear if you could
Then I’d scream to the seas
To bring you back
For just one last day
I miss my best friend
What more can I say
So I’m writing you this letter
That will never reach your eyes
No one else wants to read it
For they like my disguise
So I play pretend
They don’t want to see
These feelings I’ll hide
Till this life sets me free
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Very moving indeed. A wonderful tribute to your friend, Thank you for sharing. Richard