A True Friendship. Poem by Shelley L Baxter

We have never shared a genuine Smile,
a Smile that starts with the lips...
then travels up to the eyes,
putting a gleam where vacant eyes once were.

We have never shared a Sincere laugh,
one that begins way down in the belly...
causing it to heave and tighten til it reaches the chest
and erupts loadly and uncontrollably out of a open mouth.

We have never really shared,
a difficult time that makes us weep,
therefore not opening ourselves up to be comforted...
those tears bind one to another in amazing ways.

Without sharing these things,
we have never never truly experienced,
the essence of each other character and true being,
or the weakness within that many times we hide.

When we laugh, cry or Smile, real Smiles,
it says so much about who we are as people.
So please, just open the door just enough,
to let our aquaintance flow into a 'true' friendship.