Ralph Sergi Poet Free verse

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?

The Poet and I Contest
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January 23. 2017

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Patricia Cresswell September 13, 2017 at 10:51 AM A very good write on what is a very sensitive topic for me. I appreciate your approach. Well done.

Andrea Dietrich February 2, 2017 at 7:37 PM I like this, Ralph. I remember the names of ALL my friends because I don't have hordes of them. However, I don't always remember all their last names. Just the first names! I hate when an old friend just abandons you. That really sucks. Ralph Sergi February 2, 2017 at 8:58 PM Hi Andrea: I recall only the good times like a good book I read many years ago.

Phyllis Babcock January 31, 2017 at 2:49 PM I feel we all meet for a purpose and that is to help us grow. Some will come into our lives and stay and others will go. It is the memories made that will always stay. love phyl

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri January 30, 2017 at 11:28 PM Glue and cohesion, wow I like how u employed that for friendship esp since 'friends stick to us' some awhile some forever. Great amiable freeverse all in all. Yes we should cherish the good times with friends like u put it nicely. Kudos. Nice to read from your pen again , I hope u will too my latest. And hapy new yr.

Jan Allison January 24, 2017 at 7:58 AM Real true friends are rare and precious they are with you during good times and bad and will never let you down, other friendships can deteriorate over time.:-( hugs Jan xx-

Charlie Smith January 23, 2017 at 9:12 PM Is it the life or times that we remember? What really makes a friend? Best wishes in the contest... Ralph Sergi January 24, 2017 at 7:10 AM Thank you, Charlie:They say that a friendship that can end never began.