Friday, 1 June 2012

On Friends and Others (The Gift)



On each ear to ear gesture
that exhibited truth and delight
and unheard uttered words
that met the grapevine
to pleasant surprise

On each knowing look, smirk
unsaid explanation; a deferred laugh;
the banishment of worry

On each solemn exchange
to reach a crux
of matters that matter to both
mutual melancholy
shared shards to the heart

On firm handshakes
and greetings 
that told stories of old
and yearn for perpetuity 
through this fluidity 
of time's path

To each one who spoke an acceptance
unexpectedly filling a soul whole or
advice from years
they held in leverage
concern kept, shown time and again
thrice over 'til the night was over 

On the hilarity 
and the laughs rarely let out
repeated over
the morphing of frivolous to sublime
do you remember the time,
Michael Jackson played?

Dear every one
who belittled a broken heart
those who remind us of forgetfulness
who cure blindness
to a bounty of blessings
intentional or otherwise,
friend or other,
This, is for you.

 Homes reside in friends, 
 and sometimes in others too.



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