A Message to Molly

A Message to Molly
Quizmo LaGrande

I lost you, my friend.
You promised you’d be there when I got back.
But the problem was, I didn’t come back...
Not in time, that is.
You promised. I promised.
You waited. I imagine you are still waiting.

Where are you, my friend?
When I came back you were gone.
I tried to find you, but they said you went away and would not tell me where,
That you were “better off,”
That you are “happy.”
Perhaps.

Yet, I know you miss me.
I know… I know.
And I know you think of me when I think of you.
(Or is it the other way around?)

I found you once… a rescue, it was.
While all the while you rescued me.
Please rescue me again, for I am in distress without you.

You promised you’d wait.. I saw it in your eyes.

I lost you, my friend.
Please let me find you again.

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Written for "The Writer's Cramp" 
Prompt: Write a story or poem including the loss of a friend.
Line count: 22