By Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
Young neighbors burst
from their home
giggling in new love
and healthful exuberance
Friday night freedom
Teenagers spill out of their
parents dining rooms
appetites temporarily sated
school buddies converge
to watch girls watching them
Friends with grand plans
head for the marinas
golf courses galore
women gather for coffee
ending up at the mall
Watch their lives unfold
relationships come and go
from the chair where I sit
most days here alone
in my chair built for one
Gypsie’s Wonderful World of Words 
So pensive but beautiful, Ami! ❤️
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Thank you my friend! 😊
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Love this Ami.
If I may, I wrote this for an elderly lady who lived a couple of doors away
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/old-lady/
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(giggling) You wrote it Di or sent it? ❤️
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I wrote it. The lady concerned was OK, but sadly passed away two years ago.
I did another for my Mum here:
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/poetry-challenge-weekend-writing-prompt-31-nostalgia/
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It was the last stanza that caught me. The truth of being an observer rather than a participator. Very poignant
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Thank you so much Deb! ☺️
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Thank you Sadje! 😃
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What a picture you have painted !
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I love this!!!
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(smile) You honor me Jill!
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😊
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