The Friends We Had Back Then Poem by Jim Yerman

The Friends We Had Back Then

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I noticed my old high school yearbook on the shelf where it has stood
for many years and when I opened it I thought…it smelled like childhood.

Browsing through its pages…much to my delight
I found myself and many old friends…looking good in black and white.

Most of the faces I remember…some I did not know.
Moments captured for eternity from a time long, long ago.

There was Rollie, there was Marilyn, there was me…and Joe and John
We spent many moments together…and then in a moment…we were gone.

Gone on to our futures…wondering what we might find…
excited at the possibilities…grateful for the friends we left behind…

I did not know back then…(I was much too young to see)
how the people in my yearbook…would help determine who I'd be.

I had no way of knowing…(I was as yet unaware)
that I wouldn't be standing where I am today
If I hand't been standing there.

Standing with my childhood friends
friends who somehow found a way
to help transform the boy I was
into the man I am today.

I wonder… isn't that true for many of us
as we visit our yearbooks once again?
For where would we all be today…
without the friends we had back then.

Monday, July 24, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: friend,friends,year book
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