Absent friends

I just recieved a phone call from someone I have not seen in years..we were really great friends a group of four of us, Troy, Jeff, Krissy and me, they were always there when things got bad for me...Troy rang me to let me know that our friend Jeff has killed himself. None of us had seen him in years and to be truthful I had barely given him a thought since the last time I saw him about 4 years ago....I barely recognised him, he was in a bad way and a changed guy....but thats not the way I will remember him....I remember Jeff as one of the best people I have ever known...I remember him riding to visit me in west end on his push bike and cause I was sad he doubled me into the city and we rode at top speed down the hill in the middle of the night just to make me laugh....I remember Jeff as one we turned to when we were in trouble, the one who was always there ready with a smile and a smoke to make all your problems a little easier cause you had someone to share them with. He would always help no matter how much we might have annoyed him or upset him..cause he loved us and we loved him...the world has become a little sadder without him...but maybe it has become a little better for him wherever he has gone.