Tribute

I still don't really believe that you're gone. I keep thinking that maybe if I had been there for you it wouldn't have happened, but it did. I want you to know that I love you and miss you, and I can't wait until the day I see you again. We were never really close, you and I, but our friendship meant the world to me. You were a friend, to me when I was young, I looked up to you and admired you from a distance. You always included me in those rare times we would get together, even though I wasn't as old, or as cool as the rest of your friends. You weren't perfect, but neither was I, and we both made mistakes that we shouldn't have made. I don't think I've seen you since I moved away, and that's what hurts the most now. I wish I had known you better, I wish I had made an effort to see you. I wish that this wouldn't have happened, but I know that I've got to be strong. I'll see you again when I return home. And there we'll be brothers together with the Lord.