Why Did You Change

December 10, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is friendship.

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A poem questioning why a friendship has turned sour:

Why did you change? What did I do?

We were like brothers, and now

Your face is a wall without windows, while you

Curse every claim you allow.

I don't understand what undid the sweet bond

That for years yielded nothing but joy.

I am who I was, and yet you respond

With words either cutting or coy.

Perhaps there's no why when some untoward wind

Whips away what one holds to one’s heart.

Though bitter it be to leave loved ones behind,

One must learn when it’s past time to part.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Friendship

12/10: Why Did You Change