As you said, your presence was in the shadows

I remember being ecstatic of seeing a familiar face that was always nice to me

Do you remember how you taught me how to blow bubbles with gum?

Then came that frightening moment

When you said that you knew someone at the edge

That that person might have already kissed the depths

And another one might have followed

I urged you to get help, that the deep was not the answer

And you said that the surface was hopeless

There was no point remaining here, why would you try to stop them?

My heart chilled with those words

Even though everyone tried to reassure me, tried to get me back to work

Your words continued to haunt me

They painted my days grey

And slowly, you began to disappear as well

You tried to hide, like the shadows

When we shone the light for you, you were not there

You thought that no one would notice you unless they needed you to do something

But the truth is, we always need you

I lived through every day, feeling an anchor of mine was missing

It wasn't even the right time of year, when all the seniors graduated

Your words that no one notice ring the stale air still

But you are no longer in the shadows

You are THE guardian angel

The only one I will ever have

You are the one that reaches out first when I've almost forgotten

Keep holding my hand so I will not forget that life is a gift

Remind me that your fall was not for nothing

Because you were everything but nothing