This poem is dedicated to my friends who use their life experiences, knowledge & understanding gained across their lives to support, advise and encourage me.

Sometimes we go through terrible moments, but every lesson that we learn, can be shared with our close friends.

I have benefitted so much from wise counsel & I am grateful.

Do you know..?

 

You have to grow up

Just a little

To notice your progress

To understand

That when you fell

Some time ago

You didn’t know what you know now

And you only know what you know now because you fell.

 

You’re evolving

Getting better with age

I’d like to bottle you up

Store you in the corner of my room

Within reach

You are like a clear day breaking through the fog of my mind

Dispelling the disorder

I think it’s because you’ve been brewing nicely

Ruminating on things of old

To soothe my fresh wounds.

 

You are wise

You have been tainted by dirt

Before

It did not discolour you

How you glisten and shine

Knowingly you guide me on

 

Do you know that every word you utter opens my eyes wider?

I gain insight

I am a little wiser

 

Do you know that conversations with you prop me up?

I feel supported

Able to march on

 

Do you know that without you the darkened skies would be the first & last & only thing I see each day?

You’re my ray of hope

You will deny this

Brush this off

Change the subject

Everybody needs a glimmer of light

To brighten their path

 

Someday I’d like to tell you

So you will know.