Ode to a Friend

This post is dedicated to Grace Moore, whose birthday is today.  Love ya, chica!

Ode to a Friend

For Grace Moore

My love so dear,

Should I want another sister,

It would be you, I fear.

None can quite understand

The bonds that have us entwined,

Yet none would reprimand.

I do oft wonder

Whether anything vexes you,

For wrongs roll down your shoulder

So very smoothly,

Without a scratch on your skin.

You endure my remarks so patiently.

Rejuvenating camaraderie,

Overflowing in your fountain,

Quenches me for free.

Yet not so free, perhaps, 

For when you need me,

I'll join you in your mishaps.