Two Boys Fishing Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

(Best friends)

Two boys fishing
In short trousers
Sitting on river bank
Sharing sweets and fizzy drinks
Wondering what life will bring.

Two teenage boys fishing
Sitting on river bank
Talking of girls
Excited about going on dates
Both keen on Erica Gillian.

Two young men at a wedding
Hard working, best friends
Groom and best man
Waiting for bride Erica Gillian
Arriving radiant in white.

Two middle-aged men
Surrounded with family love
Sitting on river bank
Talking of mortgages and school fees
Son and daughter soon to wed.

Two old men fishing, old and grey
Grandfathers both, looking back at life
Sitting on river bank
Grateful for the friendship they shared
Journeying together on life's highway to God.