Main Character Vs Side Kick

I was having dinner with a friend the other day. He and his wife are at a fork in the road and its not looking good.

Something he said to me that night has my mind spinning.

He said... "Sometimes the Main Character in your story was only meant to be the Side Kick."

So what does that mean for the Side Kick?

Sleep Deprived

Some potentially life disrupting news has come about (again...for sure).

1 am...2 am...3 am... 4 am...

He has kept me up with with his paranoia, anxiety...depression... 

2 weeks now...maybe more?

We knew this was coming... I requested action 5 years ago...

But he thought there was time...

I cannot survive on this much sleep (or lack of it).

He's spiraling... I'm trying to prevent it...

I don't know...  I don't know if we are going to survive this...

I need him to trust the process...

I need him to...

I...D...K...

S...O...S...

Goodbye...

How haunting are the words....

Even more so when you never got to say them...

Never realizing it was the last time...

The last time seeing your sparkling eyes...

The last time hearing your infectious laughter...

The last time feeling your touch...

My heart hurts...

A cozy corner of my heart, where you once were...

Is a place where I'm left with just my thoughts...

Those memories will never fade...

If we ever meet again... I would make it right...

The world lost such amazing energy...

I need a way to heal my soul...

Til we meet again my friend... I love you.