Shadorma 226
The button
parted with the dress
on bad terms
though agreed
the thread shared the blame all right.
Not all friendships last.
8/1/19
Shadorma 227
Jealous green
twines around your arm
trails fingers
Winks. You will
only notice the blisters
after she’s long gone.
8/2/19
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I find that first poem really powerful as a metaphor for friendships. Some friendships work fantastically well and all the individuals mesh together perfectly for a while but not all friendships last and we don’t have to regret the ones that don’t stand the test of time because they were great while they lasted.
I have come to realize that as time goes on and I have more years and phases of life to review, it is clear to me that some people are in your life for a certain time, and then things diverge, and that is not a bad thing in of itself, because as you say some friendships are meant for a certain time and place, not all evolve. I do think there are also friendships that end badly and you do wonder if you did something wrong or whatever, but I have come to see that a bad ending, painful as it might be, usually was meant to happen as well (I mean the parting, not the painful part).