Four friends in a convent <br />ten years together they spent <br />Their friendship blossomed bringing them closer <br />with a promise to always stick by each other <br /> <br />Learnt the “Hail Mary” to perfection <br />Sisters & mothers for supervision <br />Best of English with perfect diction <br />Talking to boys only with their permission <br />in-discipline would face no compassion <br /> <br />Completed school and passed with distinction <br />with hopes and great aspiration <br />they part ways to realize their dreams <br />years pass and life takes them across seven seas <br /> <br />Two decades go by a reunion is on the charts <br />hoping to meet and catch up on years gone by <br />Dressed in their best suits they meet at “The Bay” <br />Their favorite joint during school days <br /> <br />The sun sets and its time to call it a day <br />they bid adieu to and go their respective ways <br />Not knowing when they would meet again <br />goodbyes were with a lot of pain <br /> <br />Friendship is not meeting everyday <br />but to start from where you left the other day <br />be there for each other come what may. <br /> <br />A shoulder to cry on or a voice to call on <br />when ever life lets you down <br />or when you want to share the sheer pleasure <br />and joys that life offers each and every one <br /> <br />Friendship is that treasure <br />that has no measure <br />consider yourself lucky <br />if you have at least one such buddy<br /><br />Girija Menon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/four-friends-4/