we miss them <br />because they are not there <br /> <br />but say to say <br />you no longer look for them <br /> <br />you have peace <br />and it will stay <br /> <br />because they are no longer there <br />and you never want them anymore to enter the fences of your life <br /> <br />you have peace <br />and you live in there <br /> <br />did i say we miss them? <br />old friends sometimes i ask <br /> <br />have i reserved a space for them here? <br />i must have forgotten and i like it that way. <br /> <br />i have peace <br />and i live here alone.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/acquaintances-and-old-friends/