Another Friend Is Dying Poem by Shalom Freedman

ANOTHER FRIEND IS DYING

Another friend is dying
Life has become a kind of hell
With these friends dying
And getting sick
And losing their minds.

Believe me
Its not that great getting old
Your world goes with these people
You may still be standing and walking around
And able to have your sentences said in order
But when the people who have been with you for so many years go
Something of you goes too.

Another friend
Is going out the door
And it gets colder and colder inside.