No time for a friend

Anonymous

Anonymous

Age 18+ category | Spring into Poetry Contest 2025 | San José Public Library

No time for a friend 
  Once a friend   
called for a walk 
  in tempting twilight,   
I had no time.  
   Again a friend  
  needed a ride 
  staying dry in the drizzle,   
I had no time.   
  Repeatedly, when a friend  
 Needed a shoulder to cry on 
  facing his follies,  
 I had no time.   
  Finally, when hollowed time   
 called for the last cold walk,  
 when I needed a ride,  
 and four shoulders to lie on,  
 Alas, I had no friend.     
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