“Friends of a Lifetime” copyright 2005 John J. Rigo “Rainbows Amidst Storms”

 

 

 

 

With the passing of time

I have come to realize that there are truly

spaces that are never filled

by the loss of friends who were very personal

to my mind and heart.

 

Through the years

do the memories of Cliff and Tom

constantly come to my mind.

Never are they dead in my heart.

 

I see each of them

special in their concern for me

as the friends they were to me

and yes the love they rendered to me.

 

Have they been replaced in the void left by their absence?

No one has accomplished that.

Cliff was the short, large man from the deep South

always with a tale of lesson and advice not wanted

but when given

seemed well placed.

 

He spoke of home and craw-fish

his Mother and his victories in life

never of his losses.

 

You knew he was special

a special person to know.

The same stories he related never got old

just deeper in meaning.

 

The straight-laced

IBM type of guy was Tom.

He seemed to have found victories too early in his life

burning, dying as a shooting star.

 

An anger was present about him that could never be explained.

Tom loved a good meal and good drinks.

Save the waiter or waitress who spoke too much while serving!

He was there to savor the moment

should it be his last.

 

As Tom’s life was coming to an end

he maintained his pride to the last minute in a VA hospital

wearing a blue blazer that no longer fit;

no one cared about his past.

 

I miss Tom’s advice to me,

his laughter at my watch

that he thought was such a great sales job

because I had to push a button

to tell time.

 

His loud laughter rang in the night

raising high his special drink

to wish me and all

the best of life.

 

I miss both of these men.

They were the special friends of a lifetime

never to be replaced.

 

They are in my heart each day

with the warmest of love to my dearest friends

Cliff and Tom.

 

Whenever you both may be

in the great wonder of it all

I am one person

who misses you both

oh……….. ever so much.

 

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“Friends of a Lifetime” copyright 2005 John J. Rigo “Rainbows Amidst Storms”

 

 

 

 

With the passing of time

I have come to realize that there are truly

spaces that are never filled

by the loss of friends who were very personal

to my mind and heart.

 

Through the years

do the memories of Cliff and Tom

constantly come to my mind.

Never are they dead in my heart.

 

I see each of them

special in their concern for me

as the friends they were to me

and yes the love they rendered to me.

 

Have they been replaced in the void left by their absence?

No one has accomplished that.

Cliff was the short, large man from the deep South

always with a tale of lesson and advice not wanted

but when given

seemed well placed.

 

He spoke of home and craw-fish

his Mother and his victories in life

never of his losses.

 

You knew he was special

a special person to know.

The same stories he related never got old

just deeper in meaning.

 

The straight-laced

IBM type of guy was Tom.

He seemed to have found victories too early in his life

burning, dying as a shooting star.

 

An anger was present about him that could never be explained.

Tom loved a good meal and good drinks.

Save the waiter or waitress who spoke too much while serving!

He was there to savor the moment

should it be his last.

 

As Tom’s life was coming to an end

he maintained his pride to the last minute in a VA hospital

wearing a blue blazer that no longer fit;

no one cared about his past.

 

I miss Tom’s advice to me,

his laughter at my watch

that he thought was such a great sales job

because I had to push a button

to tell time.

 

His loud laughter rang in the night

raising high his special drink

to wish me and all

the best of life.

 

I miss both of these men.

They were the special friends of a lifetime

never to be replaced.

 

They are in my heart each day

with the warmest of love to my dearest friends

Cliff and Tom.

 

Whenever you both may be

in the great wonder of it all

I am one person

who misses you both

oh……….. ever so much.

 

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