Friendship

Trustworthy, loyal and honest for friendship do anymore conditions apply You smile when they call or visit to see a friendly face, hear a familiar voice An ear that hears you out A word that keeps you in A hand that helps, a hand of friendship Memories through life you share just lying around on the hood of your car Watching the stars and filling the night with small talk small talk that reassures that everything is okay But in todays bitter political climate A Red must only befriend other Reds A Blue must only befriend other Blues Whites are just confused Old friendships ending Family ties broken Not even time can bridge This emotional rage boiling over into hate I thought I used to have friends of many persuasions Kidding around about our differences and beliefs Friendship overcame passions with respect To disagree was not fatal Today is different, Yesterday was blissful Tomorrow heal our weary souls With Coronavirus shutting down the world Social distancing keeping us apart Self quarantining sheltering us in place Can we somehow become closer Soon the world will reopen Life will be full of togetherness Do we realize a point of view is no reason to hate Friendship is a foundation of love built up with respect Can we forgive and forget and have Have friendships that overlap political views once again Or do we all get a dog to be our best friend