(poem) A year in a friendship...

[jay]

I suspect this will be very very good for you
intuitive compassion
don't tend to compete in games--never was any good at losing
and a goddess of compersion

Your place or mine? Or somewhere between?
open homes, minds, families... a silvery thread of promise
it's a way that annoys the CRAP out of a lot of folks.
my honored mirror-bearer, with boots

looks a little crispy around the edges
clue-by-four, thanks. Quick to perceive
Guilty until presumed innocent. Isn't that illegal?
Pirouetted between soapbox and slapstick

Joke 'em.
Love thine enemies
the only way we'll all make it is if we band together as a community
and if communities have bellweathers.

having lunch with you could be a nice distraction
spirituality in sharing, sacramental drives
it's not a BURIED self-esteem issue--it's right out where I can see it!
holding the mirror, back

maximum kill-you-dead-at-20-paces cuteness
force field pinkly popping around the presence
exclusivity is not necessarily a requirement for a lasting relationship
commitment without expectations

better served to form fewer conclusions, and ask more questions
more than reading each other across a space
What do you regret not doing?
Seeing sooner

Don't begrudge time with your kids--they won't be kids long.
paste and art and drums and family trees
a pin shaped like a dozen red roses... Have you given her one yet?
splishy love rippling outward

my SCA device has a golden slipper on it
daily life is a dance floor painting
I have very high standards for myself
motivation good, self-flagellation bad

I want you to know I'm not irreparably angry with you
sword and shield and clatter and hugs and a glance, briefly
yes, I AM in a pissy mood--why do you ask?
flares and sparks, multicolored beautiful burns

Yay!!!
new internal spaces, closer to fine
He needs to see the variety of interpretations possible
Pixie-dust on my hands and dragon scales may fall.

repetition of such messages can eventually wear away at the old tapes
reel tapes could be used as dental floss
the injunction against taking away or adding to Revelation
except as the truths revealed for one another

it's a dance
and a blessing.