An Ode to My Friends by Janice Briggs
In my life I’ve been blessed with friends,
Ones who follow me to all ends
as I chase my visions and my dreams,
they, often living them vicariously, it seems.
Mine are friends who listen and share,
the challenges and sacrifices
we meet or bear,
and the journeys and circumstances
of those whom we dearly love and care.
Together, we sing our song of life,
harmoniously, of the pleasures and the strife,
this path of knowledge we have traveled so far,
of our play, our toil, our laughter,
our frenzied chatter in the car.
We reflect on memories we hold profound,
dare to impart our future hopes and desires
of roads untraveled, answers yet unfound,
safely, in confidence of each other,
we dream of legacies to which we aspire.
I can count my cherished friends on one hand,
but not the impressions they have engraved on my heart
nor the many footprints we have left in the sand
as we play this game of life, sisters inpart,
a team in which we each hold an inimitable part.
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