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.
till then we have each other.
I shall be me and you shall be you.
together we're thick salsa,
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.
my loud arms are your loud arms.
we say the stars are the masters.
they know more than we do.
they carry our flowers each night.
welcome us home.
some nights I talk to them.
I dig into the air.
ask for your healing.
for us the good life no longer shines.
but love does, bright, sassy and imperishable.
your soul blends with mine
for a perfect mix.

what I do is for you.
what you do is for me.
we hold each other with gracious care.
someday our bodies will fail.
till then stay with me.
stay till the sky's night jewels
invite us up to dance.
till my last breath lays pillow soft
upon yours. till we sing
and rise into those flood lights of oblivion,
cast forever.