The Friendship that never waned

The Friendship that never waned

(With Jnana)

P K Rotray

Moments to minutes, hours to days,

years to decades pass and memories haze

but stands the mid-teens bondage of the prime age

serving us as source of inspiration, motivation and courage

to live a life its full length with reasonable pleasure

hence the dear friends and time spent with them, we treasure.   

    Though we got engrossed in our mundane life and career

rearing up our family shaping our son and daughter

but when the tribulations of life were too heavy to bear

we ran to those friends to get solace on their shoulder.

That friendship never waned despite the frowns by life

rather it blazed while intervening to mitigate a friend’s strife.

when we met to alleviate the predicament faced by the other

tears rolled, cries yelled but concluded with thunder of laughter

as if we becme sure like any other misfortue it will go

nothing is permanent a coin has two faces to show.

Forget we that time has made us gray haired grand father

 we turn for our grandchildren, from mentor to competitor.

As god sent gift when we meet over some occasions

to our hearts’ content we gossip and steam off our tensions.

In your absence we felt your presence when we met together

as over phone we get your active response and witty answer.

Now Jnana has parted us for a place out of our mortal reach.

Please spare Jnana when we friends meet, Thus  Thee we beseech.

(N .B-Time spent with our friend This is in continuation to my poem of 3rd march “Glimpses from afyter those hay days. This is in continuation to my poem of 3^rd March “Glimpses from)