Amistad

 Friendship is warmth in cold,
firm ground in a bog,
peace in the eye of turbulent storm.
Friends make absurd profound,
impenetrable simple, convoluted uncomplicated,
mundane intense, and infuriating comical.
Friends bless me with sustenance,
brace me with encouragement;
relieve me with intercession and gallantry.
Alone I quiver, bend, back down.
With friends I confound, defy, prevail.
To my friends, I long for eloquence and
settle for a heartfelt, “Thank you."
To the universe, I shout, “Thank God for friends!”

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