Friendship

                                         For Ingrid & Laura

Delicate dewdrops

Fragrance and flowers

Peaceful the stillness 

Of cherished hours

Spent in the bonds

Of friendship’s love

Storied by shared lives.

Two intertwined in time

Exploring the here and divine

Holding hands

Through every thoroughfare

 Through every storm they have dared

To love and respect and care

 For the treasure of being there

 For each other.

 Two friends

Forever bound

 With love the cord that holds

Beyond the widening gulf of pain

That will this pathway end.

There is a beginning again

When one has a treasured friend.