"Friends Like Us"
by Joanne Boyle
Remember when we were little
and all the stories that we told?
We would talk about our future,
about a time that we'd grow old.
Send our dreams up to the sky.
We trusted one another
like the faithful butterfly.
We made a pact together,
and it just seems like yesterday
when we'd call on each other
to see if we were coming out to play.
Our teddy bears shared a picnic
and now our living children do.
All those stories that we told
most of them came true.
We didn't talk about the sorrows.
The ones that we would face.
As children we did not know
of the losses from this place.
Time taught us many values
but we shared them with each other.
From children and their dolls
we all, in turn became a Mother.
I still recall the games we played
and all the fun we had.
The nights we'd play hide and seek
until we were found by mum or dad.
Summer days we would play rounders
with other kids from different streets.
Sundays were a day of rest
and tea was made from treats.
If I had known back then
the things that I now know.
I would cherish every minute
with the friends that helped me grow.
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J.Boyle
art by Steffi Krenzek
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