Love And Friendship

If there was a beginning to our love

that we can define,

then it was friendship

and the drift into love took us by surprise,

started us, shatter our ideas about ourselves

and in the process renewed and brightened us.

And as our love progressed in our living of it

we never lost our friendship.

The cooler, calmer parts of ourselves 

remained intact,

separate 

from our disturbed emotions.

And if there is a future for our love

that we can hope for,

then it must be in that friendship

that can piece together

the bits of ourselves

that we had forgotten about,

the parts of our lives 

that seemed important but transitory.

We shall revive them now

and survive

Intact.

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