Agree, true friendship is HARD to find. I have a few good friends, but some are fragile as we get older it seems some get distant but others get closer. Amen

WHAT IS 'TRUE FRIENDSHIP'? FOR ME...IT IS THAT SPECIAL PERSON WITH WHOM YOU CAN BE MOST COMPLETELY HONEST WITHOUT FEAR OF HURTING THEIR FEELINGS OR...THEY HURTING YOURS. CERTAINLY, THERE ARE DECEPTIONS IN A TRUE FRIENDSHIP...BUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE PERSON AND THEIR WEAKNESSES SO WELL...YOU FORGIVE. IT'S SEEING A PERSON FOR WHO THEY ARE AND WHO THEY ARE NOT, NOT WHO YOU WANT THEM TO BE...KNOWING...THAT THEY SEE YOU 'TRANSPARENTLY' TOO. MY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME THAT IF A PERSON FOUND ONE 'TRUE FRIEND' IN LIFE THEY WERE BLESSED. I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE DEPTH OF THAT STATEMENT UNTIL NOW. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHEN WE WERE NOT 'IN CONTACT' PURPOSELY WITH EACH OTHER...'THINGS' HAPPEN. BUT, WE MET AS GIRLS IN THE SEVENTH GRADE AND HERE NOW, BOTH IN OUR MID 70'S...WE'VE MANAGED TO IRON THINGS OUT, AS BEST WE COULD, WITH EACH BEING A BENEFIT TO THE OTHER. TRUE FRIENDSHIP...THOUGH TAINTED WITH 'LIFE', GLOWS WITH THE GOLD OF ENDURANCE. I ENJOYED THIS SHARING, THANK YOU RICHARD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Very beautiful and of a very high level.

How can anyone review this poem except to agree
with every perfected place word in a compact of love.

We should always remember with joy the people who have been bright candles in our lives. What a beautiful way you have of expressing such tender sentiments. It has a congealing of friendship written all over it. Thank you for sharing, keep well my friend, xo

Beautiful and very touching.

There is a sadness that seeps through the positive message of your prose. The story of someone you deeply cared for who, without regret, had to leave this world and you alone without her. I'm glad that you're able to write about it in such a positive way.

True friends are hard to come by these days when we are spread everywhere by our constant moving and moving on. Even the best friends may end up in the distance mist of age, no longer communicating.

Thanks for sharing with us your most intimate thoughts.

Ron

A beautiful poem filled with true sentiment! So precious of you to be sharing this with us!

This reminds me of the moments before my hubby's passing. I was lying next to him in our bed when suddenly, I asked him, "Honey, do you know I love you a lot?" To which he replied, "Of course, I know." Then I asked him again, " Do you love me too?" And he replied, "Of course, I love you too!" Then a moment later, he suddenly inhaled a few deep breaths then he was gone. It was truly a miracle that we both had chosen that precious moment to exchange our vows of love to ensure each other once again.

Sandie

Putting a positive note onto the soulful melancholy of a parting in a friendship.Beautifully expressed.

A truly beautiful recall that everyone can take to heart and prepare for their like moment, with hopefully as much respect and love as your poem witnesses. Good to read your work again. Kudos.