It Just Takes Time Poem by Dyhanara Rios

The tragedy that we weren’t friends –
Even if for just a moment –
It just didn’t feel right.

Feeling alone, upset, and simply dead,
I told our tragedy to a friend of mine.
(You know him well, too,
But he’d never tell you
That I tell him about me and you) .
He looked me in the eyes and said,
“Give her space to erase
All those bad memories;
These things just take time.
You’ll both end up fine;
It just takes time.”

By God, he was right.