Long Lost Friend

{I found this note, a mystery note

Inside my childhood drum

It seems a letter someone wrote

I wondered who it’s from

Detecting a familiar tone

I read with interest peaked

Apparently a secret’s blown

And this is what it leaked}

DEAR LUCAS,

THIS LETTER’S MEANT TO HELP YOU OUT

I PRAY IT FINDS YOU WELL

I MUST EXPLAIN WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

SO SIT AND READ A SPELL

I KNOW THIS NOTE’S A BIG SURPRISE

I WROTE IT LONG AGO

IT HINTS ABOUT OUR FAMILY TIES

YOU’RE SOMEONE I WELL KNOW

THERE’S NO BEST WAY FOR ME TO START

SO LET ME JUST BEGIN

WHEN HURTING YOU TOOK THINGS APART

TO HIDE YOUR PAIN WITHIN

I HID THIS NOTE BEHIND A SHELF

BUT THAT JUST WASN’T YOU

I KNOW YOU BETTER THAN YOURSELF

SO DID WHAT YOU WOULD DO

DEPRESSION TAKES YOUR JOY AWAY

LIKE SALT DISSOLVES A SLUG

IF CRISIS MAKES YOU CRAVE TODAY

THIS POEM CAN BE YOUR DRUG

I’M WRITING THIS TO TAKE COMMAND

JUST DOING WHAT I MUST

IN HOPES TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND

THIS NOTE TO GAIN YOUR TRUST

I KNOW YOUR SORROW, KNOW YOUR FEARS

THE DARK WITHIN WON’T LAST

YOUR FUTURE'S NOT AS IT APPEARS

I KNEW THIS IN YOUR PAST

WHENEVER SADNESS REELS YOU IN

IT LEAVES YOU FEELING NUMB

I’M CERTAIN NOW YOU’RE GONNA WIN

YOU TOOK APART THIS DRUM

YOUR DOCTORS KICKED ME OUT BY FORCE

THEY SAW ME AS A THREAT

IT SEEMS OUR TIME HAS RUN ITS COURSE

WITH MEDS, YOU’LL SOON FORGET

GOODBYE MY FRIEND, I HAVE TO GO

THEY WOULD NOT COMPROMISE

BUT JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

AN ALTER EGO CRIES

YOUR’S TRULY,

LUCAS

{This letter hidden long ago

Astonished eyes now see

Prophetic note, I reckon so

The letter’s signed by me}