Hello Old Friend

I wrote this quite some time ago, and read it aloud to the Grade 10 and 11 McNally English students. 

It  is written in the voice of another. It is not someone I know personally, but I'm sure he or she exists. The message remains the same.

Hello again old friend

it has been far too long

since I thought of the days

when I did you wrong.

I really hurt you

in my younger days.

Teasing you, it seemed

was the latest craze.

Nobody saw your pain

but we laughed at your tears

and I was the worst of them

always leading our peers

to the place you were hiding

only to drag you out

kicking and screaming.

Yes, old friend it's me

and I've come in shame.

For today it is my lot

to be struck with

my own mortality.

It's not long I have left

to find my old acquaintances.

I need to make amends

for the many evils I've wrought.

My last wish is that my words

of remorse will strike a chord

and the music of your forgiveness

will be the lullaby that soothes me

to my final sleep.