Wednesday, October 08, 2025

I Had A Friend And Muse

 I Had A Friend


in our journey from birth to death

we cross paths with multitudes 

some walk with us for a ways

then leave for different by-ways


sometimes our paths cross again

but the rivers we tread

and the persons we became

keep changing, not the same


even deep emotional connections

diverge, thinning to nothing or

splitting by social pressures 

conditioning and misunderstanding


the result is the same … 

my only friend, the end …

fervently hoping for a friend's contentment 

along and to the chosen road's end


–LE - 10/8/25 


PS: I lost a friend and muse today... No, not by death, just an unwanted parting of ways  (at least for me)... This poem is for and inspired by you, K; I'll miss you...