Finding Friends

Jack climbed the beanstalk looking for a friend
But the giant wasn’t friendly and died in the end
Tom found a new friend on the endless dunes
But they became marooned with only their tunes

Audrey had better luck than either Jack or Tom
She put on her ballet slippers and danced ‘til dawn
Her new friend Alice was as cute as a kitten’s nose
Walking together they’d often stop to smell the rose

Robert never was one to ride the school bus
When forced to do it he created quite a fuss
By avoiding that ride he missed a great chance
Of making any friends under that circumstance

Finding lifelong friends is not the same for all
For many it comes easy, for others a brick wall
Some avoid friendships for fear they might spoil
Others take to new friends like sawdust absorbs oil

I’ve made different friends through stages of my life
Some of them in good times and others during strife
My best friend forever is the apple of my eye
This someone she loves me, on that I can rely

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Linked to Linda Kruschke’s Paint Chip Poetry Challenge Prompt #23. The challenge is to write a poem in response to the prompt card that includes at least four of the seven paint chip words or phrases. The prompt phrase is Friends Forever and the prompt words are: apple of my eye, sawdust, endless dunes, Jack and the Beanstalk, ballet slippers, kitten’s nose, and school bus.

See more of my Paint Chip Poetry.