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Blessed to Call You Friend

Michael Davis

I am blessed to call you friend.
Though, I wonder how our friendship would be measured
if divided by the miles and dispersed among the seasons
that have passed between us.

Instead, the blessing has been multiplied
with each step along the journey
and we've found no lasting separation
for those who pause and taste of God's good grace.

So, I thank you for a friendship - that,
with one hand, held a light
that illuminated God's righteousness,
while the other reached out in mercy, love and prayer.
©2000 Michael S. Davis
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Submitted on January 16, 2016

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Scheme XXXA XXXX XXAXA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 509
Words 92
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
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Michael Davis

I am a 57 year oldbi-vocational pastor and insurance agent. I wrote my first poem (Through the Haze of Life) at age 19 during the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in college. I wrote another that evening in the moonlight. (A Reflecting Wave) It took me totally by surprise and I kept them to myself as I looked to see if i could find them in the library. I figured I had just remembered it from somewhere. I hadn't. I have written a couple of hundred since then. The majority of them for my wife. She has let me post a few. I have a daughter and 3 step-daughters, and 4 beautiful grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) and one on the way. There are many sources of poetic inspiration in my life. Fortunately for me, most are positive, though I have known my share heartache and there will be poems that reflect that. I look forward to the interaction with others who have discovered the joy of putting the musings of their hearts into words. more…

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