To Lose A Friend Poem by Niko Tiliopoulos

And so you left me
at the palisades
to fight our demons alone,
just so you can have your coffee-breaks
undisturbed, unobserved, unchallenged.

Unlike the countless times
we sat together and sipped
each other’s breath,
and resonated with each other’s ideas,
and felt each other’s warmth.

And now you left a void,
wide like your smile,
empty like your silence,
bitter like your greetings.

But I will always love you
for whom you are,
for what you offered me,
for standing by me,
for finding me worthy of being with you.

Farewell, my friend.