Friendship Thrives in Rhyme

I can relate to this. Guess most of us can. It is amazing how close you can become thru poems. Good write.

Thank you  for commenting Gail. So glad you like it. This is an older poem that I have edited a few times over the years. It always seemed like it was missing something even when it was twice as long as it is now. But it was close to my heart and inspired the follow up poem "Better Left Unsaid". I was looking over my list of poems I had not included in my books "Seeds and Weeds" and "Passion & Pain" for poems I could submit for an anthology of poems that is being put together on another poetry site I belong to and really wanted to include this one. So I made a few more changes and submitted it as is. I hope it is accepted, but if not, I will save it for my next book. jj

I like this poem of yours, Poetryman. I hope I don't sound trite by saying that; but I do. The simplicity that's its written makes it easy to understand, so much so that one can actually 'see' and 'feel' you.

Thanks Grace! That's the thing about my older poems that I like, they were simpler that what I write these days. Tey make a nice contrast to the complexities running through my mind nowdays. jj

I originally wrote this poem over 30 years ago but recently modified it considerably to enter into a comp called "True Friendship" in the forums. JJ