Friendship

A write up about friendship came by email some years ago. I loved it so much that I decided to convert it into a poem.



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People enter our lives

and move out of it

quite like a zipping train

into a station waiting.

After a halt brief to just leave

or to dock overnight

for a downright clean.

Friends are in our lives

for a reason or a season

it’s for us to recognize why.

Not hold on to cry depressed

but cherish the moments

of closeness felt.

Reasons are many for people

to stopby in our lives

a mutual need

a support, guidance.

Two hands extended

for that reason felt

But like a flower just bloomed

and now withered dry

we soon move out

of each other’s lives.

But remains with us the

fragrance and picture

of a flower in fullbloom

close to the heart.

Some stay on

a little while longer

to enrich that smile

for a sweet season.

Peace and laughter

love and joy

together in bliss

doing something new.

For the first time in life

something shared and new.

It’s real and complete

with love and success

but for one season lasts.

As both move on wiser

from a job wrapped up

folded and shelved.

Some do stay on

for a lifetime though.

To teach us lessons

to build foundations

so like bedrock strong.

An emotional anchor

in the surging life

to hold us down

in reality anchored.

Teaching us solidity

love and tolerance.

Something to use

in all interactions

at home also at work.

Helps us ever more

to love the soul

that within this body

lonesome resides.

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