A Love Letter to My Friend
By Zahara Tunda
I guess I must write something or else I will suffocate with what I feel inside my heart.
I didn’t know our bond and connection is heartly rooted until you told me “I miss you so much”. It struck me differently.
I cried and my heart broke into pieces. The moments and memories that we shared together keeps coming up in my mind.
Will you be okay? Will your smile be the same? These questions keep knocking my fragile brain, and are weakening my already crippled soul.
I hope you won’t forget about me and our memories together. I promise to never forget about you, and I will always keep praying that you are safe, and you will one day be free and join us, your friends, and family.
When I visit and see you behind bars, I keep smiling---not because am happy, it is because I want you to feel that we are strong even though deep down am not okay.
I miss everything we did together, I miss your calls, I miss your smile, I miss your laugh, I miss how it feels to have someone you can talk to.
But I hope you’re strong enough to handle what you feel, truth is you will be fine and one day we will have our little conversation.
This time I will pay for the date, I will pay for transport to make up from the time you did it for me.
My friend, know that I love you and it won’t change, I will still be here any time you need me.
I hope you will keep that beautiful smile of yours. I hope next time I see you, you will be here so I can give you the hug you deserve.
Please be strong for us, know that we are suffering not because we lack anything, but because we don’t have you.
I love you 💕