FRIENDSHIP
THERE ARE NO WORDS FITTING
ENOUGH TO SAY
TO YOU WHO SO WILLINGLY GOES
OUT OF YOUR WAY
LIKE AN ANGEL IN FLIGHT,
TRAVELING TO ALL IN NEED
GIVING OF YOURSELF, A CALL
FOR HELP AND YOU TAKE HEED
WHILE THERE’S MUCH TO SAY
ABOUT THE WORD FRIEND
YOU’VE BEEN THE ONE BY MY
SIDE FROM BEGINNING TO END
NEVER LETTING GO OF MY HAND,
ANXIETY & TEARS
YOUR GENTLE CARING VOICE
WASHING AWAY MY FEARS
YOU COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY
SO MANY TIMES
INSTEAD YOU STAYED UNTIL YOU
KNEW I WAS FINE
YOU ARE MY FRIEND, NEVER
HESITANT TO HOLD ME HIGH
WHEN MY BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
NO LONGER WISH TO FLY
SURELY SOMEONE MUCH MORE
POWERFUL THAN YOU OR I
COMPLETED THIS CIRCLE OF
FRIENDSHIP, NEVER TO GO AWRY
MY PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP
IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHARE
GOD’S GIFTS OF LIFE, LOVE,
LAUGHTER, AND THE DESIRE TO
CARE
Buffy
An Ocean can be Friend or Foe
An Ocean can be Friend or Foe
Its moods oft change at Whim—
Once gentle, caring, nurturing—
Then cruelty brews within.
Her Frothy Arms caressing
children
A Mother gentle and warm—
They jump and frolic in Her
waves
Her currents with diamonds
adorn.
The fisherman fear His mighty
wrath—
On a dark and stormy day.
Their craft is swallowed by His
rage
As their dreams are washed away.
An Ocean can be Friend or Foe
But standing by its side—
His Strength is something to
behold—
Her
Beauty not denied.
~ Katie Mullin