Monday Memories: Treasures as Friends

This poem was inspired by Lisa’s post where she shares a series of brilliant and encouraging quotes about friendship.  Take a moment and visit her post at The Road Back to Life.

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Destiny unites true friends

Transforming life with its spark

Sincere friendship fills two hearts

Never alone in the dark

 

Never take friends for granted

Honesty, laughter, and tears

Staying connected insures

Treasures shared over the years

 

Sharing life’s pain, healing wounds

Long-lasting friendship endures

Glue holding life together

Truly caring, reassures

 

Always count on each other

Offering silent support

“Forever minutes” share love

Caring never falling short

 

Life travels through forest trails

Friends together, all these years

Brings us home through darkest times

Greatest love when friendship cheers 

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From Proverbs 18:24:  “Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.”

Originally published June, 2020.

Carl Sagan Quotes

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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.

We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and advocate of scientific inquiry.  

Gabriel Iglesias Quotes

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People can relate to someone who isn’t perfect.

Why would anybody connect with someone who has everything going for them?  It’s the person who has faults that people want to connect with.

Gabriel Iglesias (born 1976) is an American comedian and actor.

Timeless Connections

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Walking along distant shore

Splashing through love rolling in

Filling anticipation

For what might have been

 

Chasing footprints, still present

Wishing love would return back home

Filling eternal sunset

For dreams want to roam

 

Clinging to memory’s thoughts

Sorting images, clear and bright

Filling love’s gentle presence

For each morn beams light

 

Recalling tiny details

Bringing smiles inside lonely heart

Filling tender, childlike love

For music restarts

 

Longing for more sandy walks

Holding hands, together as one

Filling timeless connections

For love’s never done

 

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Dreamland Express

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Nightly journey

Making every turn

Dreamland Express

Locomotive churns

 

Night’s stardust twirls

Beaming moonlight shines

Dreams coloring

Brilliant skyline

 

Stillness breathing

Dancing with more guests

Each dream connects

Peace surrounds night’s quest

 

Endless travels

Finding elation

Dreams speak softly

Night’s destination

 

Early dawn’s pause

Closing nighttime’s gate

Dreamland Express

Morning’s station waits

 

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Reassurance (Haiku Series #248)

Receiving

Attitude’s darkness

Single moment sharing light—

Friend’s words of kindness

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Energizing

Beaten, defeated

Evaporating spirit—

Tomorrow’s sunrise

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Discovering

Confidence shaken

Endless search for proper key—

Today, door opens

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Tina Turner Quotes

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I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.

Love is definitely a foundation, a spiritual connection that makes peace.

Tina Turner (1939-2023) was an American-born singer who became known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll.”

Lori Gottlieb Quotes

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We are mirrors reflecting mirrors reflecting mirrors, showing one another what we can’t yet see.

We grow in connection with others.

Lori Gottlieb (born 1966) is an American bestselling author, therapist, and speaker.

Connections

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Searching attic’s hidden treasures

Opening ancient cedar chest

Well-preserved photo album smiles

Connections with family’s quest

 

Scanning morning’s endless gray sky

Feeling forgotten and alone

Phone rings, lifting away sadness

Connections with daughter’s milestone

 

Driving endless summer backroads

Coming to destination’s gift

Rustic cabin by mountain lake

Connections waken life’s gearshift

 

Sitting near frosty window glass

Watching winter’s chilling landscape

Mail carrier drops off letter

Connections with friend’s warm escape

 

Spending lifetime in school’s classroom

Touching so many youthful lives

Cumulative cache of memories

Connections stir teacher’s archives

 

Taken in August, 2017, my classroom is ready for my “final” first day of classes at Buckeye Middle School.

Treasures as Friends

This poem was inspired by Lisa’s post where she shares a series of brilliant and encouraging quotes about friendship.  Take a moment and visit her post at The Road Back to Life.

Photo by Sharefaith on Pexels.com

Destiny unites true friends

Transforming life with its spark

Sincere friendship fills two hearts

Never alone in the dark

 

Never take friends for granted

Honesty, laughter, and tears

Staying connected insures

Treasures shared over the years

 

Sharing life’s pain, healing wounds

Long-lasting friendship endures

Glue holding life together

Truly caring, reassures

 

Always count on each other

Offering silent support

“Forever minutes” share love

Caring never falling short

 

Life travels through forest trails

Friends together, all these years

Brings us home through darkest times

Greatest love when friendship cheers 

Photo by Jaime Reimer on Pexels.com

From Proverbs 18:24:  “Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.”