Stranger Friends
Far away but close in heart,
strangers who now are friends
Kindred spirits we have met,
along life’s many bends.
Some of them we’ll meet again,
and some of them will stay
Forever trapped in memories,
of past’s lost present day.
But all of them we will recall,
With pleasure in our mind.
And reach back to the time we shared
Forever to remind.
Remind us of a hidden truth,
One which we can’t deny
Each passer by’s a future friend.
If we but start with, “Hi!”
-BETH 2018 (written in Dubai on a long layover)