I sent a message yesterday

To see how you have been

I would have written sooner

Had I known where to begin

There's so much that has happened

In the time we've been apart

But I always thought about you

And kept you in my heart

Each day I'd say, "Tomorrow"

But tomorrow came and passed

I would have sent messages galore

Had I known this was the last

When first apart, we often wrote

We called each other too

We didn't know how it would be

How soon it would be through

I always thought to visit you

But the time could not be found

I would have hopped on the very next plane

Had I known what would come around

We always say, "We'll keep in touch"

But it only lasts a while

We get caught up in everyday life

Too busy to pick up and dial

So people move on and live their lives

And time just seems to fly

I would have put my life on hold

Had I known this was goodbye

It seems I tried to move on without you

By making brand new friends

But I realized that a friendship like yours

Has a bond that never ends

They say there are two kinds of friends

There's silver and there's gold

I'd have spent less time with the newer ones

Had I known I'd lose the old

And now I'm filled with much regret

As I realize what I've lost

I wish I had reminded myself

That our friendship had no cost

I would have done things differently

If I knew what lied ahead

I would have tried harder to keep in touch

Had I known this would go unread

I should have remembered way back then

That tomorrow is not guaranteed

For a friendship put off for long enough

Is a forgotten one indeed

Life comes in different lengths

Which we never seem to know

The ones you thought would never leave

Are sometimes the first to go

:'(