Thank You

Thank you for your company
as I wade these waters so familiar,
and for expecting nothing
but whatever is spontaneously
co-created
by the hand of the Universe
and our hands
resting at a safe distance
from the point of no return. 

Thank you for your interest
in the mazes of my mind
and the knotted paths
that brought me to this moment
in which I celebrate the past
and grieve wholeheartedly
just the same
while watching the emotions
settle gently
into acceptance.
 
Thank you for sharing
stories of battlefields,
of hardships,
perseverance,
devotion
and deliverance.
I admire the willingness
to give and receive
without judgment.
I cannot come any closer
but we both know that distance
is nothing
but a concept
so relative.
 
Thank you for the softness
of your presence,
and for your willingness 
to share time
as we engage in conversations
and reflections
and critique,
finding all the commonalities
and differences that make us
so uniquely
ourselves.
 
Imperfect in every way,
yet perfectly whole,
we have everything we need
and nothing to lose
as we learn from each other
from one moment to the next,
cautiously optimistic
that real friendships
do exist
beyond the bounds of romance
and childhood memories.

Let’s just be,
like children,
carefree and in awe,
loving, wild and unassuming,
merging dichotomies
and catching butterflies.
Never to keep,
only to admire. 

Day after day,
until another shift moves us along
and these days settle into dust
of a story well lived.