A Web of Friends

Much the way Grandmother Spider

sits in her corner,

diligently spinning her web,

to see what morsels

she might catch,

one day I tossed a line

out into a wider web.

Tapping on the keys,

I began to weave

my life

with words

that slowly

brought you to my door:

connections that I never would

have dreamed,

a window into the online community
of poetry and friendship,

that opened

a whole new wonderful world

to me,

and, at the same time,

brought me home.

 The web, and all of you, dear friends, has enriched my writing life beyond belief, bringing me friends from all over the world. I gratefully take this opportunity to thank you. It means more than you can ever know that people are reading my words. Especially now, when my pen has lost much of its former fluency. (I am grateful to still be writing anything, though, and will continue.) My friendship with each one of you - these most amazing connections - means all the world to me. And you know me best of all, because you read the words from my heart.

for Susan's prompt at What's Going On - About Friendship