Friends...
On Friendships and Life
A true friend may be one
in a billion stars in the sky
A needle in the haystack,
a grain of sand in the beach
Making friends is like grabbing
a moment as it goes by
From a chain of events
that is seemingly out of reach...
Some of us get lucky
and we’ve made friends early in life
Those friends will remain with us
through thick and thin
If we are fortunate a friend
becomes a husband or wife
Our lives are so blessed
and filled with happiness within
As we get older,
it’s harder to meet that one true friend
For how do you spot
a solitary wave in the frothy sea?
So we wade, meet a wave head on,
lest we be condemned
To solitude, doomed to be
a lonely comet in the galaxy
For some of us who lose
a good friend to the inevitable
Or perhaps a friendship sours
and shatters beyond repair
The pain, anguish and sense of loss
can be immeasurable
So we seek new relationships
lest we fall into despair
But we are creatures of habit
and we are set in our ways
We see all with tinted lenses,
view others with reluctance
Others of contrary outlooks
on how to play, pray or praise
And so chances of new friendships
are met with resistance
The choice is ours, live alone
and hope to be never lonely
Seek happiness within
while never sacrificing our beliefs
Or compromise to meet one
we can share our days wholly
Spend life with one
who would know our joy and grief
07-28-2014
© Vic A Evora
(2014)
When we were young, it was so easy to make friends. Our one criterion is that they want to play with us. Nothing else matters.
As we get older, making friends is next to impossible. We have become judgmental and subject would-be friends to pass our "crucible" before we accept them. Religion, poltics, even sports affiliation come in the way of making friends. Unfortunately...
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