Love And Friendship

By Lynn White

PROMPT — What is Love?

If there was a beginning to our love

that we can define,

then it was friendship

and the drift into love took us by surprise,

started us, shattered our ideas about ourselves

and in the process renewed and brightened us.

And as our love progressed in our living of it

we never lost our friendship.

The cooler, calmer parts of ourselves

remained intact,

separate

from our disturbed emotions.

And if there is a future for our love

that we can hope for,

then it must be in that friendship

that can piece together

the bits of ourselves

that we had forgotten about,

the parts of our lives

that seemed important but transitory.

We shall revive them now

and survive

intact.

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Lynn White lives in North Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. More at: lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com