Sometimes



            



                          Sometimes,
                 being friends with you
          feels like I’m wearing my shoes
                                  on the wrong feet

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Even the best relationships, at times, go through challenges that make us feel stressed and confused.

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Written on November 11, 2023

Submitted by susan.brumel on January 18, 2024

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Susan Mayer Brumel

I am a retired hospice social worker, who began writing poems about 2 years ago. I am married, a mom of two sons, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and grandma of two grandchildren who are the loves of my life. A lover of all animals and most people, I enjoy spending time in nature, long walks, and reading Pablo Neruda, Blake, William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Mary Oliver, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, and more. Baudelaire tells us to ‘be drunk’ on something every day; I am drunk on poetry and intend never to be sober! more…

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