~Past~
I remember the times when we first met
I couldn’t understand your childhood threats
Jekyll and Hyde your understanding was a mystery
Sometimes left me in tears with feelings of misery
Then I remember my darkest times in teenage years
I felt so lost in a world I never knew, tears for fears
You where there my friend as we slowly grew older
Always there when I carried burdens, with your shoulder

~Past~
In the later years of the past you had many different contrasts
Like the typical British weather the sunshine it never lasts
And tears where cried with a love that became broken
Always with your heart you laid your feelings open
And if it only happened once then that would be all
But twice in a lifetime caused more tears to fall
Life brings many twists and turns lots unexpected
But that's everyday life and nothing is perfect

~Present~
I suffered the lowest point in my life, you know well
My world took a different turn to the very edge of hell
But with each and everyday you where always there
In the hospital by my bedside you sat in the chair
Never leaving my side before this and after
When my whole life was completely shattered
So glad to have a friend like you for forty three years
So many ups and downs with laughter and tears

~Future~
I feel a lump in my throat with what's coming next
And I know it will break my heart to take this test
Saying goodbye to mum I feel the tears begin to swell
This time I will need you more than any words can tell
I have to let go a care home will be her final resting place
The guilt and pain I will feel for one last embrace
In the emptiness and silence of this three bedroom house
I will sit and pour my heart out in poetry quiet as a mouse
Writing and remembering my verse about my brother John
This one will be for my Mother another goodnight song
I can rest assured that you will be there my dear friend
As life continues it's turmoil that seems to never end.....

David Swinden 12/12/2014