O Friend!

Dedicated to one of my friends- Reetpal. Wrote this when she was afraid of succumbing to an ailment she had got when we were in Grade 9. My favourite poem, as from my own creations.Something I've got some real feelings attached to- feelings which were never acknowledged. Well, that's a separate issue.

Happy reading!

O my dear dear friend,fear not death
For death be a rat as it faces our friendship.
Our togetherness being stronger than even the greatest leveller
Death is but a thing helpless n miserable
O my dear dear friend,come death thou way
I'll block its path
Let it not cross the doorstep to the life n soul of my heart
O my dear dear friend,should it still persist
Thy be covered by me always.
Let me be taken to replace you in the house of God
Me a meek creature would have your share of Paradise
Instead of my journey to hell
But you be needed more here on Earth than me worthless stone
O my dear dear friend,even after I depart,
Death should not touch you
For,the protection of my undying love would never desert you
Find you,yourself in solitude
Look inside thyself
And you'd see me in thy heart
Happy as ever in my lonely home
With your heart's sweet voice always near
Be I away,farther than the farthest point,
Will I ever
stay in your heart
Seeking your love n showering mine
Even death would have to be of a sterner stuff to tear us apart
Than to kill itself
O my dear dear friend,fear not death
For I,your shield,would never deceive,never leave you
And bear all the inflictions onto my proud heart
Today,as i write
I spread my heart b4 you
To let you know the depth of my live
The strength of my determination
And the truth of my friendship
I write not with pen n inkBut my own heart's blood.
Whose every drop says,
'O God,Bless my friend
She be purer than anything you hath created
Let her purity be acknowledged
Let her know her dreams
Take mine instead
And shower all the pleasures on her"
Amen