“…Friends…”

1983

2022

Friends

Gratitude, 

Friends “come alongside”*

Those hard places

Those places of joy

Walking along the way,

Mountains high, green fields, and hard fought valleys

Kindness, listening, letters, and Words to lift, lighten, and nudge 

They stay the storm,

This life’s moments “break over us”

Friends ride out crashing, surprising waves,

Beginning and ending

Highs and lows,

Spectacular and common times

With us 

Seasons of this fleeting life 

Older and gray, the passing years 

Thankful, preserving, the most

“Valuable of all possessions”

Important times, God times, grateful times with beautiful souls

Friends, 

Glimpse poetry by Joe Holuta

*Inspired by favorite reading writing of William Wilberforce

Love of my life