Once Upon A Friendship Poems By Lynn Barany She awoke at dawn that morning And couldn't wait to make her tea, A dear old friend was arriving One she couldn't wait to see. After she cleaned the kitchen And did her morning chores, She hoped that he would arrive soon And not find her a complete bore. Sometimes her thoughts are quite confused But her mind was clear today, It has been twenty years What would they talk about, what would they say. She paced the floor all morning Her heart was beating fast, Her excitement was very clear How would she ever last. A knock upon the door Made her knees grow weak, She opened the door to find A gentleman so sweet. He said "Good day Dear Madam" I've come to visit for awhile, I simply have a problem With your name at this time. She offered him some brandy And sat and held his hand, They hardly said a word Or talked of weather that was grand. One thing he did mention I know I should remember you, I think we were in love In fact I'm sure that's true. So "Goodbye" lovely lady My daughter will be here soon, But I'm sure I won't remember Anything of our afternoon. Within six months, both were gone And now they're somewhere far, And when I look up to the heavens I know exactly where they are.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poet's home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)