Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Different Friends Know a Different Me

Different friends know a different me.
For I am not the same with Margaret as I am with Lee.
I cannot be the same, and neither can they.
We have history, each making our story in a different way.

If you have a forever friend, you know what I mean.
You can pick up the phone and twenty years of silence goes away.
Your reactions, shared stories, memories, and laughter together is unique.
A different relationship with each friend.

Each friendship is sacred, living on her own planet.
Resting where others cannot go, a place you cannot begin to explain.
A planet reserved for two, held together by the 
uniqueness you find in each other.

When I get my friends together we have a pleasant time,
But our hidden stories are not on the table. Our unique relationships 
Are not touched on. Our hidden planet lives are safe.  
Unique only to me and one other.
Whether it be me and Susan or me and Elise, uniquely ours.

A story all of our own. That cannot be explained.
A planet where no one else is invited.
Uniquely our own.
Different friends, different me.
Different me with different friends.

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Alunamda Yokwe February 13, 2019 at 2:44 PM This is life explained perfectly to me. We invite different people to look through different windows into our souls. And maybe once in a lifetime someone to know our entirety. Caren Krutsinger February 13, 2019 at 7:02 PM You are correct, Alunamda. We share what parts we need to share, but usually not all, rarely most parts.

Arturo Michael February 13, 2019 at 7:38 AM Well explained...each person a world each with there own constitution and customs... Caren Krutsinger February 13, 2019 at 8:58 AM It is so true; I relish the individual relationships I have with many.

Anthony Elle February 11, 2019 at 11:38 PM Oh how lovely and right. Caren Krutsinger February 11, 2019 at 11:53 PM Thank you Anthony. It is something I think of sometimes and it still amazes me with its truth.

Michelle Faulkner February 11, 2019 at 10:29 PM Yes you do show a different face to different people, this is so adept and perspective! Caren Krutsinger February 11, 2019 at 11:54 PM I am always thinking "what have I not said?" I am running out of ideas all the time.

M. L. Kiser February 11, 2019 at 6:56 PM This is so true: "Each friendship is sacred, living on her own planet. Resting where others cannot go, a place you cannot begin to explain." A universe in friendly universes. Caren Krutsinger February 11, 2019 at 11:55 PM It truly is, and it does not have to be understood by anyone else, for it never could be. I have the thought when we get to heaven we recognize each other immediately by our feelings we have toward each other.