Two woman, Anita Holzberg and Ann Wainwright met over the internet with Bill Costley,
their common friend, whose wife Carolin had been Ann's good friend. Starting in
June '09, Anita sent a Cupcake poem to Ann's website cakecakecake, after seeing
the photo of cupcakes. The poem was about her grandson's first birthday party. Ann
liked that and it was the start of a wonderful exchange of poems from Anita to Ann and
Ann with color, photos, and lay-out savvy, presented them to the blog. Now, in 2010,
the two women so alike in spirit and interests, have started BetweenFriends, a new blog
site where they can combine ideas about their worlds. Ann lives in Northern UK
(Teesside). Anita lives in Northern California, Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley where all the
computers are.) We share our lives on this blog and hope you will comment and share
yours too, dear readers and enjoy the "ride".

Friday 17 August 2012

loneliness - Anita Holzberg


Put aside loneliness:
  put it in a paper bag
    don't wear it over your head
  put it in the incinerator
    pray a special prayer
        that it never returns

    Put aside the loneliness
      that infects you
         as it gnaws on sweaters
              pouring salty tears

My friend was ripped from me
  taken, no shout has come from her
I realize now how much I loved her
how much I cherished her...
My dreams are dark, unclear

I must endure this anguish,
  conjure a new spirit.
I must.

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