Streams of Comfort

When it comes to friendship that lasts a lifetime. There is two  things that are indispensable. Forgiveness and trust in God. Over the past few years I have had struggles  within various friendships. Where I had been wronged and was also the one who wronged. And I learned there is always a shared responsibility in any relationship. The only perfect relationship we will have is with Jesus. I think we all long. If possible, to form long lasting friendship. But to do that, it must survive time and difficulty. This poem is written from the perspective of a friend who has come to terms with their failure in friendship. Whether you find yourself on the side of one who did wrong, or was wronged, or both. I pray that God would provide you with healing and give you long lasting friendships.

I wish you weren’t so angry,
The flame in your right eye,
Threatens to spread into your left,
And there is nothing I can say,
To make it hurt less.
I have no excuse to give,
There is no justification for my wrongs.
We were shooting stars,
Meteorids that entered earth’s atmosphere together,
Our expectations of each other were strong,
But we were not ready for what it meant to become meteorites,
To become long lasting friends.
We were consumed in flames in our descent to the earth,
With our bodies and trust falling apart,
And I looked at your eyes during that timeI was unable to recognize my reflection within them,
I was morphed,disfigured, and on fire,
I was not sure that I would survive this.
And I became dismayed that you would not accept,
My will to be a meteorid again,
And to float within the darkness of Space,
We had been safe there,
With our faults hidden in its vast darkness.
“Its impossible to turn back now,” you said,
But I was burning up on the inside,
And it hurt.
I should have turned to God in that moment,
I should have trusted in him,
But I decided to vindicate myself.
I reached out to your right eye,
And I lit a flame,
So that my reflection was no longer visible in it,
So you could no longer see me,
Or us.
And you began to burn on the inside as well.
Then suddenly we hit the ground,
The flames surrounding us dissipated,
And the pain slowly subsided as shock took over,
We had survived.
We had become meteorites.
I was wrong,
We could be long lasting friends.
So I really wish you weren’t so angry,
What can I say?
What can I do?
To stop the flame I lit from spreading.
Silence fills the space between us as we stare at each other,
And I finally break it,
“I’m so very sorry,” I say in humility.
You grimace,
But the flame in your left eye flickers,
And I watch it slowly begin to shrink,
And relief fills my entire being.
And when it is completely put out,
Your reply brings tears to my eyes,
“I forgive you.”