Friendship

Friendship

The evening laughter

The good food

The excellent banter

Made children happy

This family scene

Missing a member

Made young hearts

Fill with quiet sorrow.

There was emptiness

Where friendship should reside

Yet it was too early

To bridge the gaping hole.

We dined and spoke

Of trivial and serious scenes

Until we remembered

A missing being.

One day at a time

Makes broken hearts heal

For friendship and love

Is not now ideal.

There was a time

When deception and betrayal

Was the order of the day

But friendship can mend any broken ways.

We can be true friends

It is a start

To a life of laughter

And two to be true.