my friend, my foe, my hearts companion

today my friend was sitting in my office, his eyes were shot through with a painful red and the misty tears shrouded his eyes. his heart lay on the table before me as this Devil Dog showed me his true side. can you guess what it is that made this war hardened veteran break right before my eyes? it was a relationship. it was a love. it was his heart being pulled from his chest as two strands held it still inside him. his Fiance of two years had walked out over things he had never expected. thins he had never "suspected", this was a land mine she had planted and instead of digging up for him to work with her on, she let him step on it. now what is left is the torn up mess of a man who asked me with one of the worlds most painful looks. the kind that is thick on a persons face. The kind that holds your face down and traps your heart in the depths. "what do i have to do. to keep her." he was ready to lay everything down for her and to change. next time you are walking out and think you might not return. remember what your putting the other person through. that person is/was your best friend. there was a reason for that. and your not so changed that it is no longer relevant. think twice about how far away your willing to go. Then remember that you are (or if your head is in a bad place) "were" with that person for a reason. before you destroy something that has all the hope and possibility in the world. take a step back, the pain you cause them is not so easily reversed.