I find myself in the company of friends
And they begin to remind me of my own parents’ group of friends,
The same group that has consistently been in each other’s lives for over thirty years,
The same one that has stuck together through life and loss,
The same friends whose children I grew up with and still hang out with to this day,
The same group of friends that has taught me,
It’s not our similarities
But the loving acceptance of our differences
That keep us together.