Friends.... (2013 re-write)

True friendship is not so named or weighed 

till first tested and challenged...

else...it is no more than acquaintances with "good intentions"....

Which begs the question... should there be "intentions" amongst friends?

Cherished treasures,

embraced and safely ensconced in our spiritual wombs

we nurture, protect and defend them,

accepting all their grace and faults

forgiving easily wounds inflicted by callousness, ego or greed.

Those that recognize the gift 

cherish it in kind, reaping karmic benefits;

those that do not...

their temporary purpose so served

are expelled like so much afterbirth.

True friendship is not so named or weighed till first tested and challenged...
else...it is no more than acquaintances with "good intentions"....

Which begs the question... should there be "intentions" amongst friends?

We All Get Caught

True Friends do not lie, cheat or indiscriminately judge and punish each other with prejudice.

When disappointments and misunderstandings direct a relationship like a discordant conductor, we allow egos to fill in the blanks with festering unknowns.

We believe what we CHOOSE to believe, Embrace what we WANT to accept. Holding fast to worthless myopic and purposeless views, as though the manufactured“self” needs protecting from another’s truth. 

When true friendships die, it’s because we allow them to. Neither distance nor time are to blame, but rather our spiritual neglect and dismissal of one another.

That one would deliberately submit to and nurture anger, however justified, or no, in lieu of communication and resolution to maintain and protect what was once so greedily cherished… speaks volumes.

Master the lesson once.

Maintaining the line between  “friend” and “acquaintance” can save one a lot of heartache. 

Strangers Among "Friends"...

Through veiled orbs, a glance confirms a strange sentinel stands
where once a friend stood fast

Circumstances and misunderstandings, bullish oppressors
Create unnatural rifts in bonds born of recognition

Trust only in that
… the wheel will turn
… the ship will sail
… truths will out

The only ballast,
the involuntary spark of life, the permanence of disappointment,
and the hell of introspection.

Timeless Friendships

No time, distance or temporary ire can mar friendships 

with foundations wrapped around the ankles of Atlas.

Titans and stars stand jealous witnesses to the Gods’ gift of love to humanity.

Time and space hold no dominion over souls, nor friendships born on pure and sacred ground.

Those are lucky and blessed, who, reborn thru the ages, find friends and loved ones well met… again… and again

Constant yet invisible companions we carry on every journey… apart of each other’s stories in equal measure through the cycles of time.

Influenced and inspired… and grateful.