Day 6 - "friendship" by enfleshed https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w enfleshed - poetry through lent en-us 2021-02-15 21:58:35 UTC 2023-01-26 00:16:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231174409 On a ship called Friend
It is important to know 
Am I a good mate]]> 2021-02-23 13:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231174409 jmaidrand https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231193412 radio waves deliver your weeping to my ear, and my prayers back to yours/
months later, celebration--an embryo has sprouted in your belly/
lives ending and beginning without a touch, an embrace]]> 2021-02-23 13:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231193412 Soulfriend https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231531511 Soulfriend, 
walks alongside
caring. compassionate
without judgment

]]> 2021-02-23 14:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231531511 I needed a friend You were there it wwas enough to get me through https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231715650 2021-02-23 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231715650 Friends https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231745097 Simply companions on the journey 
listening, seeing, offering truth companionship and love
a circle of trust, wisdom]]> 2021-02-23 14:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231745097 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231778979 I don’t need many. 
But I do seek after high quality! 
Thanks be to God for my dear, dear friends. 
]]> 2021-02-23 15:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231778979 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231964881 I delight in your
emails, and can't wait until
we are together.]]> 2021-02-23 15:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231964881 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231989593 Like a flower it will grow
In the oddest of conditions 
In places unexpected, friendship ]]> 2021-02-23 15:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1231989593 friendship enflesehd https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232111394 Is there a more precious gift?
Freely choosing and being chosen.
Not for any reason, but delight.

]]> 2021-02-23 15:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232111394 Better friends. https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232270727 I liked having friends who I “was better than”. until ashamed I saw it. Now my friends are better than me. One has unimaginable loyalty; I try to imitate. One has heart-warming compassion and forgiveness, unable to imitate I cherish it. One is wise, and a warrior in her soul, I learn from her. One downloads wisdom and I sit at her knee. All are normal, unremarkable beloved, beautiful as am I. DAR

]]> 2021-02-23 16:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232270727 Roots https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232286120 I vow
to never take for granted
the depth of these roots.]]> 2021-02-23 16:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232286120 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232457376 The path we take
The friends we make
Flowing in and out of our pace

]]> 2021-02-23 16:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232457376 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232612224 I'm trying to befriend myself
While resisting doing so at the same time
Disconnection is the familiar way
Friendship feels strange and vulnerable]]> 2021-02-23 17:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232612224 Never friends anyway https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232648564 you told me we were too different
as if love were manicured topiary 
and not scattered wild wood]]> 2021-02-23 17:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232648564 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232695133 2021-02-23 17:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232695133 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232930736 So very needed-
The very heart of knowing
Yourself ]]> 2021-02-23 18:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1232930736 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233099142 You text me 20 year old in-jokes at 5am.
I make us both tea, barefoot in your kitchen.
Love goes without saying. ]]> 2021-02-23 18:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233099142 friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233200559 'Peace be with you, my friend' she says;
with a smile in her eyes;
I have been seen, and my heart sings.
HilaryC]]> 2021-02-23 19:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233200559 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233444052
Love is friendship caught
On fire by kindled caring
And shared compassion

WDRplus]]> 2021-02-23 19:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233444052 Knock Knock https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233529147 It took years before 
I answered the door.
In the end, what a friend.]]> 2021-02-23 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233529147 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233858772 To hear about friendship years ago I asked, "Tell me about the last person you ate ice cream with."

In a precious moment  last summer the voice of someone I almost knew invited me to sit together at Dairy Queen.




]]> 2021-02-23 21:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233858772 A Confession https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233911828 I do not trust easily
And so friendships become
Like water flowing past me
Here and then gone

Left standing on the bank
Instead of entering
That soothing stream]]> 2021-02-23 21:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233911828 Pandemic Friendships https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233918570 Dorothy and Rose
Perpetua and Felicity
Stevie and David
Ruth and Naomi
You and me
]]> 2021-02-23 21:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1233918570 The Necessary Friend https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234051526 Not always easy, or something I want
Because you see me, meet me, and invite me
To see with more beautiful eyes.]]> 2021-02-23 22:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234051526 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234118458 Drift
Drift along 
Gently
Know you're there
Know you care
Drift
Deeply
Lovingly 

]]> 2021-02-23 23:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234118458 Friendship https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234202949 With your arm in mine I can relax- you all teach me so much

We've been conveying jokes through bright screens but- one day

There will be a time where I can hold you, when I laugh on a drab train, the wheels pulling us closer together to mutual joy]]> 2021-02-24 00:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234202949 Were they ever really there? https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234277119 My virtual friends, everyone these days, 
are a surprisingly vibrant sunset 
Humbling, filling me with gratitude, joy 
Did you see that orange? The pink? That kindness? The compassion? 
Amazing! 
and then.....they vanish. ]]> 2021-02-24 00:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234277119 myself https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234281518 when i met you i didn't know
you would introduce me to 
myself]]> 2021-02-24 01:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234281518 web https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234406274 With arms upon legs and a heart as big as the moon, Charlotte sat in her center talking to her pig.

And we drag each other back when the waters get too deep and we flow towards the other when shallow breaths threaten to drown us.

We gather us in a web of tangled arms and hold on tight.]]> 2021-02-24 02:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234406274 Contortions https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234419804 Stretched thin, pulled taut,
we fear what is lost 
as we twist and turn.
Contorted we remain 
connected.
At what cost?

-SJM]]> 2021-02-24 02:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234419804 Safety net https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234524060
Community’s built
Link by link and yard by yard
One friend at a time. ]]> 2021-02-24 03:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234524060 Friendships during a pandemic https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234552032 Not entirely by choice
My friendships are now sustained
Entirely by the sounds of voices]]> 2021-02-24 03:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234552032 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234611019 Friendship 

Is perilous 

Succor

]]> 2021-02-24 04:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234611019 Priceless https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234616840 Three of us-every three weeks for twenty-five years
 
Sharing tough decisions, moments of loss and joy
 
Work, family, marriage, divorce, adoption, death – 25 and counting
]]> 2021-02-24 04:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234616840 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234621212 I’d rather write pretty words about painful times

Than attempt to swim the length of my gratitude for imparting your grace and generosity and joy

I don’t have time to get lost at sea
]]> 2021-02-24 04:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1234621212 Friendships They wax and wane and wither/ Altogether. But without them,I/ Would shrivel and die. https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1235533220 dm


]]> 2021-02-24 10:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1235533220 Long ago and far away I hate the pandemic And: you know how to use the post office, thank you <3 https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1238801062 2021-02-24 22:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/enflesehd/le4y61vtxenk1a3w/wish/1238801062