Old Friends Over Troubled Water - Gail Salsbury Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

A friend today came here to stay,
this time I was prepared;
the light of day has passed this way
I am no longer scared.

The bridge of friendship Time has spanned,
in friendship’s true tradition;
from land to land its structures stand
in excellent condition.

Those old ideals he often feels
are fiction based, he knows;
the past unpeels, and blindness heals
as understanding grows.

We’ve changed we find, who then were blind,
when first we knew each other;
now open minds have left behind
excess protective cover.

Where tendrils touch there’s ever much
that twins two souls together;
where tendrils touch, the Gods spare such!
yes, friendship lasts for ever.

An old friend called this morning,
He caught me unawares;
He says he wants to see me,
He’s brought back old nightmares.

Twas in a summer long ago
He caught me once before,
Twas in a time of crisis too,
And on a different shore.

I’m scared because we both have changed,
I don’t know what he knows
About the woman I was then,
Or how life molds and grows.

I’m not the person I was when
We got to know each other,
And I don’t know him well enough
To trust him as a brother.

So I’m afraid of what he’ll think
And say when we’re together;
Will he be harsh or gentle now?
Does friendship last forever.