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My Friend
Hair black as midnight
skin ivory coloured
shined elephant tusks
eyes of deepest brown
beautiful without and within
a child moulded with love
by a mother
abused by her father
my home her sanctuary
plates of rice shared
tears shed
together in our secret place
we grew up during the hungry years
together looking forward
to what life had to offer us
grew together apart
Children later
a husband and divorce
meeting again
crying together
like never having lived apart
now we travel over mountains
across rivers and plains
telling each others pain
in laughter
in tears
healing together
with my friend.
*this poem was entered in a competition here. Thank you for reading*
Published 23rd Oct 2015
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Anonymous
24th Oct 2015 00:49am
"healing together
with my friend"
Friends, true friends will never forget each other
even though separated by distance, as this poem
shows . . . And in the end will always be there for
one another . . . Very good poetry!
with my friend"
Friends, true friends will never forget each other
even though separated by distance, as this poem
shows . . . And in the end will always be there for
one another . . . Very good poetry!
24th Oct 2015 2:39am
Thank you Scooter. Yes She's a friend that is with me in my lowest time. She was the cheerleader type in school while I was the quiet bookworm but circumstances made us came together as friends. We both had an abusive father :)
24th Oct 2015 8:30am
A true friend til the end...that's the way it should be in my opinion. This was deep, sweet, n moving to read! :)
24th Oct 2015 10:43am
Such a beautiful poem. A tribute to a life long friendship. Many things in life may end but there are some friendships that never do because the bonds were hardened in the bad times. When there was a shoulder needed to cry on.
Loved it.
Keith
Loved it.
Keith
26th Oct 2015 8:47am
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28th Oct 2015 2:56pm
Friends may come and go, but only a true friend shares the highs and lows in your life. Very touching poetry and very well written!
29th Oct 2015 9:00pm
