Happy
Birthday Sandy,
my best
friend from little on…
We were
inseparable,
until
sometime in middle school.
We broke
apart.
But we
came back together again,
like one
of those broken bowls
with the
gold in the cracks
put back
together
stronger
than before.
But the
bowl of our friendship
was
hurled down again,
by
circumstance
more
than anger or will.
And as
we tried to glue us back together
you
flung sharp, hurtful arrows,
at
me. You had no
respect
for my life and choices.
Did you
know how that would hurt?
Did you
know I could never
trust
you or
be
comfortable with
you
again?
The
pottery of our friendship
has
broken in too many places;
it
cannot be fixed.
We will
be cordial,
we will
be civil,
we will
be pleasant,
but we
will never again be close
as we
once were. 146