Though we don't see each other very much

nor do we write to each other very much

nor do we phone each other very much

I always know that， at any time

I could call， write or see you

and everything would be exactly the same

You would understand everything I am saying

and everything that I am thinking

Our friendship does not depend

on being together

It is deeper than that

Our closeness is something inside of us

that is always there

ready to be shared with each other

whenever the need arises

It is such a comfortable and warm feeling

to know that

we have such a lifetime

friendship

-Poem by Susan Polis Schutz-