My Long Lost Friend Poem by Nidhi Jha

That day sitting on the bench
We shared a chocolate
We shared a smile
We started sharing our lives
And someone told me that is what friendship is
I took my friend's hand
And we promised to take a journey-together
"It would be long" you said.
It was- long and fearsome
We walked together
Trotting and falling at times
But I could feel your soothing presence
I dressed your wounds
You hushed my tears
And we smiled
But then a storm came
Testing, tiring, tearsome and cruel.
"I will be there" you said.
I agreed, I believed.
The storm threw us up and down
And it made us go through rain and fire
"We will always be together" you said
And as usual I believed.
You were my world.
You were my truth.
You were my belief.
For you I forgot my fears.
But the storm did not stop
It went on- devastating as always.
They said it always takes something with it
And I had nothing, nothing but you.
O! The storm knew this.
That is why slowly and steadily it took away you.
I couldn't feel it.
But when the storm came to an end,
I knew it took away you.
I saw you standing far away
I felt our distance.
All I wanted was to bring you back
To hear your words, pure words
But you were gone
And I could now only see you
They said you deserted me
But how could I believe them,
When all my belief still lies in you
I still get the echo of your words
The ones you spoke
The once you meant
And my heart still thinks, still wishes
O! That you were also in search of me
And someday, not far
We would come across each other
We would share a chocolate
We would share a smile
And we would start sharing our lives again.