Life And Friendship Poem by Efren Petalver Carranza

To be laughed at, ridiculed or mocked,
to be disdained and or to be liked,
believed, and to be praised,
we own ourselves.
We are the masters of our own wellbeing,
and all the rights and wrongs
we seemed to know it all;
as a result, we become stubborn or too stubborn
to be dictated, directed, or redirected.
Thus, the insights of our dreams
are roads we follow
– either we stumble or fall,
but God has given us
the strength to rise and move on.

Friends are not all perfect ribbons of God’s gift:
among the circle, there are leaders in front of us,
helpers on our sides,
and some who might stab us in our back.
But all in one, they are true inspiration
trading places in time of laughter.

Sets of friends have different personalities,
characters, or even their zodiac traits;
as an Aquarian, I am a calm river
enjoying all their presence on my harbor.
My deepness or shallowness
in their quest the less I become
an abandoned swamp.