How many ordinary moments
just like this one
have we spent
years
of cherished conversation
pieces of each other
safely exchanged
How is it now
in a moment, so carefree
I would feel your pain
as if for the first time
and know you more fully
It was there
woven in the laughter
a glimpse
of a mother’s loss
a woman’s courage
As I listen
I am humbled
grateful for the friendship
the opportunity to be
in the presence
of goodness and love
bearing witness to a choice
made long ago
to keep living
finding reasons to smile
while asking
nothing of the world
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Photo courtesy of Carol Good – all rights reserved
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