“I marked the time I was your only friend”

Published on by Harpreet Chhachhia

I marked the time I was your only friend,
When you, all alone, knew not where to be;
I mark the time, now that we reach an end,
As you would want to think no more of me.
You needed someone near and I was there;
Funny! How I thought of you as so sad!
I reached out and showed you how I did care,
I knew you thanked me then and you were glad.
I marked the time. I mark the time again,
When you don’t see me as I pass you by,
My heart shrivels, but my pride doesn’t complain
And I know it’s fruitless to mourn, or cry.
But be sure when a heart’s broken by you,
Time shall seek yours out and break it, too.

16th November
edited 10th February ’08.

5 thoughts on ““I marked the time I was your only friend””

  1. The alternate end was this couplet, which I edited out:

    “Is it me or Life? I haven’t any clue.
    But when you break a heart, you’ll suffer, too.”

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  2. This poem shows so much pain and to some extend the feeling of being betrayed. I feels its better to forgive and forget and sort out things if possible though….just a personal opinion

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  3. Your opinion is most welcome. Yes, the feelings you mention were around. :) But that was a different time and time has taught me a few lessons. You are correct in the forgiving and forgetting – but sorting things out has its own equations after all.

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  4. Reading this makes me feel as if we have had the same emotional journey even if our life experiences are quite different from one another. I guess emotions like betryal, longing, sadness are experienced similarly by many of us, even if the path of getting to such emotions is varied

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  5. I learned a long time ago, what makes a poem or piece of prose worthy is its ability to be understood in feeling by someone else. Universality is what makes people great – because they know human feeling. I am glad this was appreciated. A poem written a long time ago…

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