Friends….
they remain in our memory
as forever young,
captured in those first moments
of our friendship….
when time really began;
As time passes,
we watch ourselves grow
with the unevenness of our heartbeats.
We feel ourselves aging –
with each knot in our muscles,
each cracking joint.
But friends remain
untouched by the passage of time,
cocooned in the nooks of our hearts.
While life happens, hours go by,
friendships are swaddled safe
from the vagaries of nature.
And long past time,
after many a virtual conversations
we see them in flesh and blood
and we see them
with their thinning strands –
more salt than pepper;
with their creased smiles –
adding up more crinkles every time;
in their slowed yet firm steps.
And we know, we have grown
unknowing, and yet – we have known.
And we know we have seen life
as we should – in its best and worst.
And we know, it does not matter –
time nor space has meaning
and we go back to the beginning of time
with our uneven heartbeats
beating young as our friends!
True to the core ❤️