Friendship Growth Poems

Author Dana Redricks 
April 8, 2024

I'm going to ride with you, pray for you, and be a true friend to you. Just like you have...

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Resentment builds where grass won't grow,
Where birds don't fly and bugs don't go,
Nothing can ever be sowed,
And water rises and flows and flows.
The roots have...

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I'm not addicted, so this will be easy
It's a hard truth to hear so I just tune it out 
and I’m arguing with walls 
but...

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Oh so found; here I am two centuries into this recipe; within ironic caldron
The finest ingredients have been bestowed; in every friend found beyond
Based this...

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Route, pronounced either ROOT or ROWT, is pronounced ROWT in this poem.
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Jesus came down and lived with us, he felt our pain.
He shared his love...

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To be

I’m so unsure my name should be ambiguous 
I reach for things I can’t see with my oculus 
I try to grow into who...

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line the ends
                      ...

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Life starts at birth, 
then it begins to unfold. 
As time passes, 
the world shows it's face. 
When we think of birth, 
we often think of a new born baby. 
Life...

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A requiem for an artist
was painted on a man's mind

This artist attempted to change the world
to heal it from inside

The man took the brunt
of all...

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The space in-between
Two worlds
When we transition 
From dreamland
To harsh reality
That moment
When you are
Neither here
Nor there
Traversing
The barrier
Crossing 
The line
Stepping in
Stepping out
Over the threshold 
Negotiating the border
The...

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A shadow of the self
but a sliver of me
you know the inner self
and the turmoil that can be

Perhaps I have shown
you more of my self
then...

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dear migrant
where you came from
what did you leave behind
memories moments

dear migrant 
who did you leave behind 
family friends
 
dear migrant 
what dreams did you not...

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The twisted emotions of fear and apprehension of a new friendship,
      Sometimes causes surging emotions initially.

Rejection and hope may both...

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Where dreams and passions fuse and freely blend,
In each other's arms, we've found our home.
The sonnet's chain, unbroken, we defend,
A testament of love's enduring dome.
With...

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if i saw you watching the waterfall
i was admire you from afar and not disturb your reverie
in life, what god intends does not always match...

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