I do \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 do want
\nto have friends
\nand yet \u00a0 ~
\nI also want
\nthe friend \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 that one
\nwho is my friend
\nof friends
\nmy kindred spirit
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0conversation
\nwith this friend
\nis not merely
\ntalk \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 talk
\nwe partake
\nof each other
\nthrough heartfelt
\ndialogue \u00a0 ~
\nsharing our hopes
\nand dreams
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0even our fears
\nand problems
\nour deepest
\ndark secrets
\nwithout judgment
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0supportive
\nbeing there
\nat any time \u00a0 ~
\nor at any place
\nfor the other
\nand when
\nall seems bleak
\nbecoming
\nthat lifeline
\ntossed urgently
\ninto turbulent waters
\nbearing the blessing
\nof saving grace
\nand eternal strength
\nmade to be possible
\nby us both
\nkeeping
\nthe faith
\n~ \u00a0 \u00a0in a friendship
\nlike ours \u00a0 ~<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I do \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 do want to have friends and yet \u00a0 ~ I also want the friend \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 that one who is my friend of friends my kindred spirit ~ \u00a0 \u00a0conversation with this friend is not merely talk \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 talk we partake of each other through heartfelt dialogue … Continue reading “friendship like ours”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kap","category-muse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1357,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions\/1357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}