Friends and Frenemies
Friends and Frenemies
To the friends I know
Like sturdy glue
Adhered to a surface very firm
Never to become undone
The pages turning every year
creating a novel as time goes on
of tragedies and joys amid the passage of time
To the friends I once knew
Where the glue has become undone
In words that were misunderstood
Like wood
Time has aged the distance
Now they are far away
The years of cohesion have been wasted
Who were they I said in my declining years
And what were their names
Did we really know them in our scheme of life
Just to lose them after many years
But we had some good times, didn’t we?
©Ralph Sergi 2014
Friends and Frenemies
To the friends I know
Like sturdy glue
Adhered to a surface very firm
Never to become undone
The pages turning every year
creating a novel as time goes on
of tragedies and joys amid the passage of time
To the friends I once knew
Where the glue has become undone
In words that were misunderstood
Like wood
Time has aged the distance
Now they are far away
The years of cohesion have been wasted
Who were they I said in my declining years
And what were their names
Did we really know them in our scheme of life
Just to lose them after many years
But we had some good times, didn’t we?
©Ralph Sergi 2014
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