Halt a while, oh sands of time.

Hear my plea! Hear my rhyme.

Just this once, stay within my grasp.

Do not bite me like a venomous asp.

Halt a while, oh rising Sun,

For as you rise, our memories run.

With each passing day, they fade away

Until there is nothing left but hearts gone astray.

Halt a while, oh hands of a clock.

Spare me the pain. Don't hurl that hurtful rock,

For when you tick, change follows-

Change that hangs my trust at the gallows.

Halt a while, oh trembling breath

Lest another friendship find it's death.

Don't you dare let us drift apart.

We don't deserve to live with a broken heart.

Halt a while, oh cruel time!

Do not change the friend who was mine.

Leave his smiles unharmed, tears unshed,

His love fulfilled and people well fed.

Halt a while before you go.

There is something that I need to know-

They say time heals wounds but you've caused them all.

Will you heed my plea as my tears fall?

A/N: It is funny, is it not, how distance acquaintances grow on you over time even as 'close' friends drift apart? With time, we all change and many friendships do not stand the test of time. Would they last forever if the change never happened? I would like to hope so...