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(217 posts)LOSS BETRAYS US
By Al Garcia
There are no words that can alleviate the pain of loss. It is profound and overpowering and at times overwhelming to the mind and to the heart. It is a betrayal of time and even faith at times.
At times like this we question why? Why did he have to go so soon, or now? There was so much left unsaid and even more that was left undone. Why was he taken before I had a chance to tell him how much he meant to me? Or, did he already know?
A friend is a gift that no heart can soon forget. The memories shared, the joys revealed, the secretes kept and even the struggles and the clashes of childhood and beyond, all connect to the totality of the uniqueness of the boy and the man that he became.
To have been a part of him and to have grown beside the shadow of his life helped, I am sure, to define who you yourself became. You walked along the highways and byways of life in shared company and in harmony. You are now one part less the person than you used to be, because he chose to follow yet another road alone.
His loss betrayed you. His loss, I am sure, overwhelmed you. Yet, your life will go on, I know, and I also know that you will continue to walk the road before you alone. Someday, some time, when you reach that bend along the road that beacons you, you may finally know why loss betrays us, but until that day, you must continue your journey without your friends shadow.