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I heard,
my heart sank.
A tear formed.
I sighed deeply.
I never met you,
but my heart said otherwise
in lieu of your residence inside.
I could not disguise
the selfishness,
my human nature
of
mourning your passing
instead of
celebrating
your transition to a higher administration.
You haven’t left
You’ve merely progressed
from
Beloved, Mother, Elder, Teacher
into the pantheon of the ancestors
Immortality is your mandate.
Because of the power
your words showered upon many
that caused them to
unshackle, bypass, deny
the cancer of
stereotypes
to become
more
than
they
could
have
fathomed bypassing the chasm
crossing the bridge.
What are friends.
If they don’t inspire you?
If they don’t reflect back what was freely given
Without an expectation of a ROI.
Friends are always there, their presence not predicated
on
when they need something, as they callously sling
The painful darts of…
Let me, gimme, I need, can you?
As these words
Cut deeper than any knife…
When a mere “How are you doing?” would have sufficed.
Friends.
The dialogue is organic, unforced and is food for the soul.
Friends.
If they aren’t there to speak truth, when truth is not
what
you…
Or we for that matter, want to hear.
Friends don’t fear the gray area of bruised egoes.
Because.
Their focus is selfishlessness, making you…
Us.
Whole.
And in that, lies our empowerment.
Time and distance are impervious…
To
the power, majesty and dedication that is the manifestation of
Friendship.
Friends…
How many of us have them?
Or is it that we are asking the wrong question?
Should the query be….
Friends, how many of us obfuscate and unjustly
bestow that title to those who are unworthy of it?
Is it unfounded
to call those who only masquerade as such
to acquire the benefits
of friendship
while neglecting to make a equal investment in the endeavor.
Is it fair to call them our enemies?
Or is it that they are enemies
to the institution
to the idea
to the very foundation of
Friendship?
