Friendship Box

 

My favorite box

Still holds the treasure from you

Twenty eight years passed

jj

Anguished

 

photo: jjames

You were the lover I never kissed

You were the friend that never grew old

You were the father that never did hold

You were the brother in the small dark hours

You were the child I watched like a flower

Now,

like a star, you watch from over head

Knowing all the questions you left

And I 

like an unborn seed

Walk this earth instead

Anguished

and Spirit 

dead

jjames 5/97 in memory of Joe

Momentary Friend

 

Passing my time

On an old park bench

What's on my mind?

I let my thoughts just 

float away

And in this moment

I see a wise and lonely face

He takes a seat beside me

Caught in his disadvantaged grace

As he asks a question

I can see it in his eyes

He wants nothing from me

So I think I'll lend an ear 

this time

I feel our differences

As the stories start to unwind

His journey's not the same as mine

But it's funny, I see myself within 

his eyes

Now I hate to end it

But my time is running dim

So regretfully I stand & say goodbye

To this momentary friend 

in time.

For Ben 2013 joni james