We'Re Friend... Poem by Almedia Knight-Oliver

We are not friends because we look the same and think alike
We are not friends because both love antique things, or dress alike
We are not friends because we share the same faith, and worship in he same shrine
We are not friends because every day we talk and play; yet our hearts caress!
We are friends because two strangers’ hearts met, agreed that
Good didn’t mean that we had to change
Beyond the day we first met, there’s nothing in the whole-wide world
That could change what we brought into being!
Because, we opened ourselves up to acceptance and tolerance!
We have been blessed with genuine friendships for many decades that
So few can ever achieve!