General Poetry posted August 3, 2016

Chapters:

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Exceptional

When a best friend dies

A chapter in the book Prosetry

Still Miss you (500 words)

by jusylee72

I messed up today. I was going swimming at the gym Where Krissie and I usually met It was our hour together Our fun We would talk about everything and nothing as we half swam, half bounced down the lanes Two overweight women enjoying the buoyancy of the water But mostly each other No subject was off limits in our friendship We talked about the times we messed up. We laughed We understood ourselves We could talk about our husbands how we loved them how they drove us crazy No judgement, only truth And we shared deep secrets of our youth These overweight women bouncing in the water had once been sought after, pursued by desirable, good looking men Men especially liked Krissie, She was a blond rodeo queen She barrel raced Cowboys adored her One man scared her Left her at the alter She cried for years until the tears no longer meant anything then she met the man who loved her Blue collar worker thought she was cute Loved the way she played pool. Ask her if she wanted to go meet his talking horse. it began and never ended. Not even on the night she fell They kept her alive for seven days or what they call alive. And when they withdrew the tubes He held her hand and once again said. "I love you, I will always love you." And she left. I stood in the corner of the hospital room. She knew I loved her. Trusted her. Needed her. And then I started a different life It's been eight months so I start swimming again In our aerobics swimming class full of wonderful new people who are strangers Today, I turn in the parking lot ready to swim I wanted a closer place I turn through the lanes Bam, I run into a young woman's car I am at fault. She is very angry. She calls the police. They won't come because it is in a parking lot. We call our insurance companies We exchange information. The cars are damaged but not severely. She walks back to me several times to make sure I know how stupid I am. I leave I don't go swimming I get home call my husband He understands, in his Male way. He did ask if I was okay first. Then Is the car okay? How much damage? What's our deductible? I've been home for several hours now. I start crying. Why Because I want to tell Krissie I messed up She would understand.