Departure......

So long old friend, It has been fun But my work here is done. To watch you grow And get to know The man you have become. Wherever you walk And whenever you talk Part of me is there. And wherever I go You too should know That a part of you I share. The part of you that made me laugh Through all the memories we have. The things that made us mad The pain that made us cry Yet, alas, old friend It is my time to die. Now, we part in separate ways And with others spend our latter days. Still in your wealthy memory Let others see that part of me; The part of me you'll always have, The part of me that made you laugh. Fate has made us one somehow, It is she who separates us now. In time you'll see, much of you is me Our friendship thus was true And before I go, the world will know How much of me is you.-Nathaniel P. Fetzko