Seven years ago today
I was sitting in the dark
With my eyes squeezed shut
And my arms wrapped
Too tightly around my legs.

I rocked myself slowly
Hoping to calm the flames
Devouring my heart
And spreading too rapidly
Across my entire being.

My phone was left abandoned
On the kitchen table far from me
For I feared the next call
Would carry the news
That your heart no longer beats.

Seven years ago today
I was told your brain was dead;
Your body close to follow
And I cried for the next five days
Then you were gone.

I didn't cry for six years
For you took a piece of me
To your grave the day you died.
You died. I thought I died too.
But he brought me back to life.

I still miss you, my friend
I do believe I will miss you
For all the years I have left
Im sorry it took me so long
To listen to you, but I finally

Learned I am still alive.

-ARI