Tina

 You came to visit
after 14 years
my friend.

It was
extraordinary
to be with you
again.

I was afraid,
at first,
to share this
space, my place

with you who
know me
from a time

 where crystal waters
never flowed
my head
bowed
in fear
of discovery
of fraud.

Uncalled for

as it all turned out

and everything

resolved, the doubt

that kept me from

myself

evapourated

fizzled out

 We took you to our sacred sites
the places where
the world is right
a glimpse of
what could be
was seen

a crack opened
and your light
shone in.

Language that was lost

to me, flowed once more,

unceasingly, we garbled,

gabbled, giggled, gagged

 with laughter
that illuminated
darkest corners,
infiltrated.

Playing tourist
seeing sights
being happy
feeling free


all the things you brought to me
the person that I want to be

It was so hard to let you go
just when I had got to know
that years are not a barrier to the thread that binds us, that love
stretches beyond oceans and hearts stay forever entwined when open.