Distant Ship

 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17

 

A poetic offering for the weekend…

 

Distant Ship

 

I saw her today,

by the way

your name was mentioned

in passing

 

occurred to me

what I failed to see

 

in what turned out to be

 

a friendship unlike

those lasting.

 

Flowers in time do bloom,

some friendships

from the start

are doomed.

 

For friends are born

for adversity,

love for the days of pain –

a smile despite the perversity,

in a world that at times seems insane.

 

But as a ship with no anchor

adrift,

No grace you gave for the rift-

 

misunderstanding in time,

swiftly judged,

You drew your line.

 

Offended you stood,

by all you thought good,

 

where is the grace you define?

 

In the distance

I see your outline

shadowy and sublime,

From the shore I stand,

safe in the land-

 

I wonder what you will find.

 

Far at sea you sail on,

while I walk alone

with the sun,

See you no more,

as once before,

not ’til the day is done.

 

 

 

 

 photo credit: Sunset at the Baltic Sea via photopin (license)

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