5.30.2025

NOT YOUR FAULT

 
In memory of my friend
ANDY CONRAD
May 14, 1973 - May 28, 2025 
_______________________

Loving you big
Didn’t save you
Accepting your faults
Didn’t save you
Being your friend
Didn’t save you
 
I don’t carry a burden
I carry sadness
I don’t carry blame
I carry grief
I don’t carry regret
I carry heaviness
 
Loving you was easy
Loving yourself was hard
You called yourself a nuisance
But I promise you never were
 
Your demons were lifelong
I blame them, not you
I hugged you so tight
I knew it was my last
 
Ending it wasn’t a choice
It was the only thing you saw
Your clouded mind couldn’t see
This was never your fault
 

Written by Rebecca Grace Snider