Speechless

Recently, Wall Community Library held a poetry contest. Posted below is the winner of the adult poetry competition. The poem is called "Speechless," and it is written by Gayle Eisenbraun.

You are a wonderful, very dear friend,
           And I can't bear to have our relationship end.
You're in the midst of such a great sorrow,
          I should go and visit you tomorrow --
                    But I don't know what to say.

When the doctors discovered your cancer had spread,
          I became paralyzed by a horrible dread.
You are much too young, and I'll miss you so.
          I should be with you, but it's hard to go --
                    For I don't know what to say.

Days become weeks and still I don't go.
          I cry and I pray, for I love you, you know.
But you, of course, don't know of my care.
          You're dying without me, quite unaware
                    That I don't know what to say.

Forgetting myself, I'm finally here.
          I hug you, and down my cheek runs a tear.
You feel it, and somehow you understand
          The love in my heart by squeeze of my hand --
                    There's no need to know what to say.