Friendship Is A Deep Love
           (for Heather)

time,
its fleeting way bewilders.
a day will come when
I'll eat in your absence.
when you will not know my name
and my body will flounder.
till then we have each other.
I shall be me and you shall be you.
together we're thick salsa,
tasty, spiced just right.

last night we danced on ice.
wore our hipster hats.
affirmed we love crows and chocolate.
we're pinned together,
affixed like wind and water.
your loud arms merge with mine.
we say the stars are the masters.
they know more than we do.
they carry our flowers.
welcome us home.
fill us with ardent kisses.
some nights I talk to them.
give out a concrete cry.
ask for your healing.
then listen in the hush air.
for us the good life no longer shines.
love does, bright, sturdy, imperishable.
your beautiful soul lies flush with mine.

what I do is for you.
what you do is for me.
we hold each other with gracious care.
someday our dreams will burn,
fall silent.
till then stay with me.
stay till those sky's night jewels
invite us up to dance.
till the last sunset lays pillow soft
upon your cheeks.
till we sing
and rise into those flood lights of oblivion
as we enter that elusive mystery.