All Friendships Have A Life Of Their Own

My new Amiga, Rebecca of the Fake Flamenco Website has a lovely February Poetry Challenge for whom I wrote this poem.

Theme: Friendship
Length: 50 words or less
Tag: #ffpoemapop
Form: Poet’s choice —I chose a Puente
Due date: February 11 by noon Chicago time. Put your poem in the comments of Rebecca’s blog post or on your website with a link to said post (below). 💃🏼

Thursday Doors: Valentine’s Poetry Challenge

Rebecca’s Website: Fake Flamenco

There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
Tags: hope, light
Goodreads

***

Life Happens

When we became best friends, I bloomed
but when you turned a new chapter
my patent emptied—snow buried me whole

~because life happens~

from friendship I learned the physics of grace:
we pass through each other like wind
stirring something to discover
that interstices hold us together.

Allow me to share my lovely friend’s new song:

Please give my friend a 👍🏽 on YouTube 😉

To all friendships that sustain us through the many chapters and seasons of our lives.
Happy February, Friends. Xoxo 💋

((A take after Harlem by Langston Hughes))

What happens when a friendship withers?

      Does your heart dry up
    like a raisin in the sun?
      Or gnaws at your mind long
      that you never can
trust another?
      Does the memory stink
like rotten meat
   that the sight of you,
keeps others at bay?

Or do you pick yourself up and focus on new interests—
analyze and shift your perspective?

Or practice taking care of yourself?

What do you do when a friendship withers?

© selma
(75 words)

Author
Recent Posts

Follow me

Selma Martin

I’m a simple woman who dares to see the beauty in ordinary. I’d love to connect with you and like pen pals, I want something beautiful to blossom between us. Will you join me? Selma is my middle name. Its meaning—peaceful, complete, are euphoric affirmations I like to think of myself as having. They compliment the joy I feel when I write. I sincerely hope you decide to join me on my writing journey. I Wish You Miracles.

Follow me

This Post Has 13 Comments

writerravenclaw February 9, 2024 Reply

Your poems are lovely, of friendship and loving yourself.
1. Anonymous February 9, 2024 Reply
  
  Thanks, Diana. Encouragement I need. Your words are a delight to read too.
  As for friendships, sometimes things out of our control “happen”
  So it’s important I take care of our hearts then. Be well, my sweet. Blessings. Xo, Selma
  1. writerravenclaw February 10, 2024 Reply
    
    💕
rajkkhoja February 9, 2024 Reply

What do you do when a friendship withers?
Love poem of friendship. Nice words written in poem. Beautiful video.
All Friendships Have A Life Of Their Own!
Nice pic.
Thanks, Selma 😀
1. Selma Martin February 9, 2024 Reply
  
  Raj I’m delighted you enjoyed all the details in this post. What a great encourager you are. And sweet. Blessings my friend. Xo, Selma.
  1. rajkkhoja February 14, 2024 Reply
    
    Thank you so much my best friend. My best wishes for you.
    1. Selma Martin February 14, 2024 Reply
      
      💗
      1. rajkkhoja February 14, 2024 Reply
        
        Thanks! It’s actually…..!
Sadje February 9, 2024 Reply

Some friendships last a life time while others are fleeting but every friend teaches us something important
dorahak February 9, 2024 Reply

Loved both takes on friendship, Selma! Beautifully, and wisely spun to perfection. 💖
1. Selma Martin February 10, 2024 Reply
  
  💕🍀💕
memadtwo February 10, 2024 Reply

Like all of life, our relationships are constantly transforming. You’ve captured that well. (K)
1. Selma Martin February 10, 2024 Reply
  
  A constant evolving and morphing. And teaching. Thanks, Kerfe. Xo