People and events have triggered my emotions which expressed themselves in poetic form, not in any regular formal tradition more as an expression of ideas or feelings. The pattern of the poems came from the sound of the words in my mind not from any formal poetic arrangement. Ged

Showing posts with label The Fervent Friend. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013

The Fervent Friend



 
Beware of crabcrawling friendship
Honourable in malignancy
Dishonourable in goodness
Dismissive of sincere friends

Beware of the fawning apologetic
The smirksmiler
Shallow in honesty and fervent concern
For there stands a fellow followed in fear
In trepidation
The shallow breath of friendship

And there lies a future
Lacking the foundation of faith
The burning warmth of brotherhood
The commitment of sisterhood.
Tomorrow’s promise lies behind
Another door yet to be opened.