We Have a Kinship

We Have a Kinship

We Have a Kinship

We have a kinship,

both having survived. 

You, perhaps have survived

WWII, or the Korean scuffle. 

I survived childhood polio,

and other ailments 

and breaks, and scratches

and stuff. 

We survived school, math, 

sentence diagraming,

sometimes boring history classes,

and shop class. 

We have a kinship, 

for we have survived. 

I've survived heart surgery, 

a broken arm, dropped drum sticks,

and jobs that were good,

or great, or disappointing. 

And you have survived your

messes and mix-ups, 

successes and falls. 

We are survivors, if of nothing

but a sometimes mundane

and satisfying life. 

And our friendship, 

our kinship is intact. 

You are blocks away, 

or perhaps thousands of miles further,

and we are kin.  

We share life's experiences and 

we survive.

Welcome to the club.

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Originals by P Michael Biggs