Friend

There was once a flowerpot standing alone
Alone, alone
Want/don’t want to be alone
Here is what it knows well
The safety of known territory
Doors that are shut
No way through.

Close my ears with your hands
Seal my eyelids with your lips
Be my everything
in fairyland
Lovers for a day
that lasts forever
A bubble that never pops
A dream that never fades
I’ve paid and signed up
to this make-believe

We live in dreamland
And then
Life happens
Pain happens
Boredom happens
And the uncomfortable edge.

Meeting you in that place of broken dream
Of raw truth
Places that call for tenderness
Places that call my love
as the trees call the rain
to nourish their roots
And our feet will dance on the earth
And our hearts will beat as one heart beating

Do you feel me at your side?
My friend
My beloved friend.