Childhood friends

There is the history we see
And the history we dont see
It is what we don't know about each other
What we think we know about each other
And what has changed
That gets us in trouble
The assumption that
Knowing each other from childhood
Well...that's really all there is to know
When you have that much history
That much misunderstanding
That much bad blood between friends
It's hard to be forgiving
And emailing thoughts across the net
And it is a net we get caught in
Even when both sides are trying to understand each other
I understand the saying "Agree to disagree."
But with so much history, it feels like a pathetic platitude
It isn't
We should talk
We should pray
Because sometimes
The amount of felt anger and mixed up history
Seems insurmountable
So
Could we talk
Can we talk
I pray we can.

Denis Streeter  8/19/12