Friendship Is A Deep Love
         (for Heather)    

time,
its fleeting way bewilders.
a day will come
when you will not know my name
and my body will flounder.
but we have each other,
two simple souls on a journey.                       
I shall be me and you
shall be you.
we're thick salsa together.
last night we danced on ice.
affirmed we both love Crows and ice cream.
I hear your gentle call.
your loud arms are my arms.
we are pinned to each other               
like wind and water,
like a bird and its wings.                                
but we are not masters of the stars.
they know more than we do.
the good life is not gone
though it does not shine.
love does.
we can adlib hot chocolate, poems
and tears all afternoon.
what I do is for you.
what you do is for me.
we hold each other's beauty                  
with gracious care.
our sweet song will last
till the sky's night jewels
invite us up to dance
with them.