Old Friends-New Beginnings

The awkwardness of fumbling and stumbling

over the truthfulness of our words,

choking over words that have been buried

under flaring blazing red hot tempers,

like teenagers we tentatively ask the simple questions

of our hopes dreams and aspirations

Getting to know each other once again from a different view,

A game of tug a war, I give you the strength

and let you pull me into your world

until I feel myself spiralling

so(with my own strength) I push,

and find you encircling mine.

Both so afraid of letting go

of the safety of the rope,

we hold on until with hands red raw and cracking

I reach out