A Tribute to Friendship

There’s a scale to friendship. From the casual, wave-across-the-street kind, to the occasional-get-together kind, to the floor-that-stops-your-fall-and-lifts-you-up kind. From the many in your contacts list to the few in your favorites list, friends fit somewhere on that scale. This little poem is an homage to friends, especially the iridescent ones you carry within.

Friends, in Residence

I find you along my walk,
a shining treasure
I pocket with the others.

Like fireflies, you light
the dark doorways,
the shadowed corners,
the Escher chambers of my memory.

Parted by the paths we take,
yet, with me you remain,
a friend, in residence.

And if fortune be friend to me,
I, too, will flit like a firefly
through your memory.

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