God call me instead of him

All is silent, dark and bare

All looks vain, nothing seems fair

Nature is sad and so my heart

I should not have lived from the start

But God Breathed in me life

He made me struggle, fright and strive

In all those battles, I utterly failed

And now all is gone, everyone sailed

Sailed with a friend or even a lover

Leaving behind them a still dark cover

God! Pity your miserable child

Take it to you, away from human sight

Take it to you, it might find rest

For in heaven there is no I and you, east or west

All is one spirit, all is one soul

Ask for me God, instead of him, just call …

Ruby

Friendship

Friendship is the coming in of love, when everything else has gone.

It is a battle between a sword and a cross one seeking to hurt, the other to heal.

It is the determination to believe the best when the worst has been rumored.

It is the hailing of success without envy that may come to one we love.

It is forgiving a hurt without demanding an apology, and the keeping of affection in spite of misunderstanding.

It is asking for a privilege to serve without counting cost or demanding a reward.

It is closing the eye to ugliness, the ears to discord, and opening the inner eye and ear of the heart, which understands rather than sees or hears.

It is to ask “what can I give” rather than “what shall I receive” …

Rubi J.