Together We Are Strong

How time has flown, vaporized, thrust us to the twilight of our life Looking back we’ve pursued divergent paths and viewpoints Years of toiling accrued debilitating arthritis in your aching joints Abusing your weary bones, no concern of future or even afterlife How sudden our journey can take a turn that no one can foresee Yet our paths forever intertwine for in our veins flows brethren blood Stumbling blocks and hardships taking you at times through the mud Turn fragile life to shambles and bring without warning a catastrophe Investing naught but good deeds through a lifetime with a heart that’s pure Generous to a fault, target for exploitation, magnet to many a false friend One disappointment after another in spite of you being many’s godsend No pension slush fund, and now a major stroke, but with me please feel secure I always loved to sing the phrase ‘you’re not heavy you’re my brother', Don’t give in to despair, together we can be strong like no other. AP: 3rd place 2022 Submitted on March 13, 2018 for contest TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG sponsored by SILENT ONE - RANKED 1ST