How often we hear people say “I’ll be there when you need me” and how often do we say the same to someone? Do we always follow through? Out of ten people maybe an odd one or two are really there when we need them in our hour of need. And those are really precious friends that are worth treasuring. It’s almost become a clichéd line nowadays. I think people feel pompous and superior about themselves when they say “Don’t worry, I’ll be there” but they are nowhere in sight when you really need them. It’s almost like saying “Hey I am in a far better place and I know what you are going through, so holler if you need me”.
The following lines are a figment of my imagination, a rather extreme case scenario. But truth is when you trust someone and when you need that someone and he or she is not there for you, you “die” a little, heartbroken. But you cannot lose the faith and the hope.
The grey asphalt turns crimson
As she lay there…
Her twisted body
Wasting and bleeding.
Her heart pumping
The last remnants
Of her blood
While her mind
Grapples between
The life that remains by a thread
And her undying belief…
“He will be here, I need him now”
Hope like the last frayed tendons
Clinging on to her battered bones
Cannot give up…
He promised…
The crowd gathers around
Panic and fear written on their faces
Her eyes search for that one face
That one voice…
“I’ll be there baby”
The tendons are snapping away
Like elastic…
Hope is slipping away
As she is fading
A lone tear slides down
“Where is he?”
She cries in silence…
Her eyelids are heavy
They need to shut
One last time…
The crowd suddenly parts
She sees him through
Her tears and haze
He reaches out to her
“I am here baby”
As his teardrops fall
On her bruised face
She looks at him
With love and tenderness
Her eyes finally close
And a blissful smile
Stays planted on her lips
Hope and Faith
Triumphing once again
I leave you with a link to one of my favorite songs… Mariah Carey’s “I’ll be there”
