For Meggie In Friendship

There is a young woman, who lives so far away from me; if she lived closer, I could give her a big hug. We came across one another, not very long ago, since then she has touched my heart and soul with her poems and prayers. She held out the hand of friendship as I held mine out to her, we both accepted gratefully, and two distant lives were touched from half way a world away. That bond of friendship gets stronger with every poem and prayer that we write. Maybe we will never meet in person, but that does not matter at all. Because through our words the world has shrunk, and it is as if she is living right next door. That if we reached out our hands would touch as our words have done before. This poem was written in friendship for a very special friend Meggie Gultiano. 28 July 2007