Ships and things

Not much posting on here just now. Not much writing in general, truth be told. But that's OK. Lots of other people are writing fairly regularly so writing doesn't need to feel neglected or anything. I have been working (not writing-related), going out and about, trying to be more alive and less afraid (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't...).

Still, some of my poems live on apparently (in my own mind, in the minds of others). Yesterday somebody quoted a bit of this old thing back to me so I thought maybe it could take another look out at the world. It's not in either of my books or online anywhere that I know of (though I think it was once on MySpace...). It is number 5 in my list of poems (I like a list) and the total to date is 519 so I must have written it a good while ago (maybe 1998?). Those years were a bit blurry though so I can't be sure. It is from my 'no punctuation at all in poems' period too. I miss those days

The Ship

More than a TV show

People have very different interpretations of this word

Friends

To me 'we're friends' means

I value you as a person

I see you as an equal

I am not better or worse than you

You have qualities I admire

That draw me to you rather than to others

I want to do things for you

And relax knowing that we will help each other

I trust you

Because you are my friend specifically

Not an unknown quantity

Or a floating voter

But a supporter

Supporting me whilst I'm supporting you

We're a feat of physics

A natural phenomenon

Proof that people help each other

For reasons other than finances and self-interest

I believe all this

Sometimes it seems stupidly

This word friends

Maybe I read too much into it

RF, way back when.