FRIENDS FOR A REASON, FRIENDS FOR A SEASON, AND (THEN) FRIENDS FOREVER
This is Temporary: 7 of 8
Like a distillation column,
as I lighten so does my company,
but it’s been the perfect quiet.
So why cry violence?
You can keep such good company
that all company vanishes,
even forgiveness vanishes
because who was even slighted?
Only on my very best day
can I mimic Rykan with
any sincerity when he said:
“O, that my priest’s robe
were wide enough to gather
all the suffering people
in this floating world.”