My On Friendship Poem 2018

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What is a Friend? they asked each other one day.
Silence fell as they thought this through.
A Friend one said after time had lapsed
Is to be comfortable in the others space.
The other looked and smiled and glanced sideways
To recognise and be recognised across a crowned space
Allows a person to be themselves, listens to the same stories time and time again. 
Who can laugh, cry, share, argue, forgives
time and time again. 
Who is a friend then. 
They looked at each other smiled and sat in perfect silence 
enjoying the being together before they went their separate ways. 

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