Poem for a Friend - Shonna Wells

[Larry Robinson]

Poem for a Friend

I want to speak about that quiet thing
that does not leave
not with the graying of hair
or the fine lines creeping from the corner of an eye
not with an affair
or an unplanned stop
or even when the deep pink flowers 
fade in the cooling air

I want to speak about that quiet thing 
that stays
and allows the moon to hang in a deep black sky 
on a crisp winter's night
that thing that stays 
and allows a smile to return
after a long time hiding 
beneath the depths of a private sorrow

I want to speak about the love that remains
in the face of a child
and in the touch of a friend
and in the quiet of an evening when you feel held 
even if you are alone

I want to speak because I want a voice
for that thing that isn't frightened by our deepest cry
that thing that doesn't tire with our endless longings
that thing that is more beautiful 
than even the best we've ever had

I want to speak about that timeless seed
inside of time
about the way it holds itself in both its flowering 
and in its falling into something else
I want to speak about the commitment
to becoming

I want to tell you that your days are a graceful offering 
on the alter of a full life

I want to say you are a garden
and your bounty isn't measured by what is taken and what is given
It is measured by that rare beauty
that has followed you through all the cycles of your growth


I want to say 
that beyond our notions of perfection
there is wisdom 
And that wisdom has weaved itself into something
magnificent 

in you 

	- Shonna Wells
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