When The Lights Went Out Poem by Jim Yerman

When The Lights Went Out

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It's funny how someone can light up your life as they brighten your morning too.
It's even funnier when it's someone you never met…someone you never knew.

I never new this little old man…never knew his name
but I'd pass him every morning as our routines were the same.

As I reached his streetlight on my walk in the ebbing of the night
I would see him at his window Illuminated by his kitchen light.

In time a kind of friendship formed between us in the dwindling of the nights.
A nod turned into a smile and then a wave when we saw each other in the lights.

This was the extent of our friendship…It's how our pieces fit
until the day, under his streetlight, I noticed his kitchen was unlit.

It remained unlit…and it was a week later when I finally tried
to check and see how he was doing…only to find out he had died.

I think about him when I pass his house
that he was my friend I have no doubt
but I never knew how much of a friend
or how much I'd miss him
until his light went out.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: death of a friend
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Erin Cowart 19 August 2020

Well done! Some of the best friendships are the simplest ones, uncomplicated by words or thoughts, just pure human connection.

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Deluke Muwanigwa 19 August 2020

Sad but excellent poem. Umm...you need to retire sit by a window everyday Another you will pass by start by nodding then smiling then greeting. If you stay by the window till midnight some day on a full moon you might see your old friend walking by your house. Excellent poem.

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