‘Tis strange indeed when on our own we surmise
\nThe workings of a universe that intertwined both our lives
\nAnd with our life’s threads wove a friendship so great,
\nThen tears us asunder at the hands of sweet fate.<\/p>\n
Within both our lives a common part has been shared:
\nThe part that says each of us, for the other cared.
\nAnd in caring and loving, such a friendship was made,
\nThat no distance can take away, nor time separate.<\/p>\n
Though you may leave, and put many miles between us
\nI’ll turn to my memory and your smile will be there.
\nYou may no longer see me, but I’ll always remain
\nHappy in the knowledge that you’ll always care.<\/p>\n
So to your new life in such an unimaginable land,
\nI’ll send you with fervor, for I do understand:
\nI know times and places always must change
\nAnd for the growth of both of us, we must rearrange.<\/p>\n
No friendship can be lost in the course of such growth,
\nThough friends may take leave doing what’s best for both,
\nAnd while growing and living apart from each other,
\nThat friendship grows stronger as ties stretch out farther.<\/p>\n
On to your new life I send you with blessings
\nAnd I won’t quite be complete, after we part.
\nThough I’ll no longer see you, you’ll always have
\nThat missing piece of me held tight in your heart.<\/p>\n
With separate lives we both must continue,
\nSo stay happy with the love and memories I bring you.
\nShould devil despondency or sadness creep in
\nMerely turn to this page instead of wry weeping.<\/p>\n
For this page alone is filled with love more
\nThan ever two friends could have shared before.
\nNor ever may two friends share this again
\nFor what’s woven is ours ’till far beyond this life’s end.<\/p>\n
No farewells for the old life, for you or for me,
\nFear not, dear Victoria, at the loss of this friend,
\nBut welcome the growth that the future will bring,
\nKnowing our friendship is ours far beyond any end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
‘Tis strange indeed when on our own we surmise
The workings of a universe that intertwined both our lives
And with our life’s threads wove a friendship so great,
Then tears us asunder at the hands of sweet fate.<\/p>\n
Within both our lives a common part has been shared:
The part that says each of us, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introspection","category-poems","category-social"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smpoetry.amigotico.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}