Strange

Earlier I spoke to the friend who died on Friday's mom and as much as she is devestated, she and I had a lovely long conversation about him and how he touched so many lives.
We also took a trip down memory lane and she reminded me of so many things that I had forgotten about him over the years. The thing that stood out and that I hadn't really forgotten, just filed away as one of those this is going to embarass the hell out of you stories though was how years ago when we saw "Four weddings and a funeral" we both cried (yes ok so I cry sometimes when I watch movies, you got something to say about it???) Funnily enough even though we both laughed at the rest of the movie, the funeral scene upset us both, it was as if we both knew somehow we'd be saying goodbye fra to soon. Those of you who have seen the movie will know the scene from the poem below and even though it wasn't particularly sad, the scene was just so filled with passion. It made me giggle when I remembered just how embarrassed he had been at 16 to get caught by his friends all red nosed and puffy eyed after the movie.

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message
He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever:
I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W.H. Auden

And yes I'm going to go home and watch Four weddings and a funeral and laugh at how we cried my friend. I'll miss you and even though you won't be here to remember I'll never forget.