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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=362403" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Friendship and Company</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was twenty and she was forty-three, <br>he was single and lonely, <br>she was divorced with three children. <br>What drew them together neither knew. <br>Both were seeking friendship and company. <br>He would take her to the pictures occasionally, <br>sometimes to old films, sometimes to something new.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He would visit her at her home, <br>sometimes they would play cards, <br>and other times just sit and watch TV. <br>Though she was older than he was, <br>their ages never were mentioned. <br>It was not a relationship of passion, <br>just one of friendship and company.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then came the day she fell ill. <br>He went to see her constantly. <br>She broke the news to him one day. <br>She had breast cancer and had <br>to have her breast removed. <br>Into hospital, she had to go. <br>Finally, she came home, <br>but needed constant care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her sister said she would look after her, <br>but she would have to move in with her. <br>Tears were held in check, <br>as see you later were said. <br>They would keep in touch, <br>but somehow both knew, <br>that this was the last time <br>they would see each other.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Several years had passed, then one day. <br>He was getting off a bus, <br>as her eldest son was about to get on. <br>He smiled and asked how was his mum. <br>His answer stopped him in his tracks. <br>“She passed away two years ago.” <br>Then the bus was ready to pull away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He walked solemnly home <br>with an empty space in his heart. <br>Getting home, his wife looked at him. <br>“What is wrong with you? ” She asked. <br>“I just learnt of the passing of a friend. <br>The worse part is I never <br>got the chance to say a final goodbye.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Later that evening as the sun was about to set. <br>He went for a walk on his own, <br>down to the shore to watch the sea. <br>Looking out at the gentle waves, <br>he stared out at the sunset. <br>There was something he wanted to say.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Looking at the heavens. <br>“Eve, I loved you more than a friend, <br>but I never had a chance <br>to say a proper goodbye to you. <br>Oh Lord look after my friend, <br>she was a wonderful woman. <br>I know this story is true, <br>because it happened to me long ago.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(For Eve Croft/9 August 2007)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</a><div class=q>
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he was single and lonely, 
she was divorced with three children. 
What drew them together neither knew. 
Both were seeking friendship and company. 
He would take her to the pictures occasionally, 
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