NOT YOUR FAULT

 

 

In memory of my friend

ANDY CONRAD

May 14, 1973 - May 28, 2025 

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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