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.
some nights I talk to them.
whisper loud. ask for your healing.
for us the good life no longer shines.
but love does,
bright, sassy and imperishable.
we dance. laugh.
try to find the best in all things.

what I do is for you.
what you do is for me.
we hold each other with gracious care.
with all that I am, I love you.
we'll hug till those sky's night jewels
invite us up to dance.
till the last light lays pillow soft
upon our cheeks.
till we sing and rise
into those flood lights of oblivion
as we enter that elusive mystery.
cast forever.  
wed forever.