Life is a Banquet
 
Friends to listen when I need an ear.
Friends to laugh with throughout the year.
Friends to help when they need a hand.
Friends spread out from land to land.
 
The door to my heart is always ajar
To welcome my friends, wherever they are.
Another place can always be set,
The table we feast at isn't full yet.
 
The banquet is ready, for all to share;
For friends to partake of, whenever they care.
Some stop by daily, some just once in awhile,
They're always welcomed with a heartwarming smile.
 
Sometimes it happens that one must go,
For reasons we don't understand or know.
Their place is empty, the loss felt deep,
But the place is always theirs for keeps.
 
When the banquet is full, all in their place,
I'll always look for that missing face.
Each friend is different, each is unique,
Each holds in their heart an answer I seek.
 
Life is a banquet, for all to partake,
Friends are friends for friendships' sake;
No other reasons are needed, just this one:
Friends are friends always, when all's said and done.
 
poetry by: Michele Eh !
copyright Michele Eh! 2001, 2002

These candles burn in memory of Christine - my niece, my sister, my best friend.  Rest in the arms of angels Chris, you will live in my heart forever.