The Memories of a Friend

​Precious + oh so frightful
Are the memories of a friend
Precarious + oh so lovely
Are the memories to which they attend

Moments that have past
And moved on down yonder stream
Moments that would be lost
If not for their memories

For this they are so precious
And lovely beyond compare
And for this they too are frightful
And precariously beyond our care
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For just as the stars that light the heavens
So too are their memories beyond our reach
We may gaze upon their shining
But still the night's shadow it does creep​

For in the night lay darkness
A darkness we wish we held alone
And in the jewel of darkness
So too has our friend made a home

A home that holds different memories
Memories all their own
A home that keeps tales and sinful stories
Histories never to be known

And in home's dark hallways
Things lay twisted
And light forgets to shine

As the candle light of love's first gleaming
Gets lost among the cruel dreaming
Of one too many unfriendly sighs