Did i neglect your name
your sadness or your love. some regret
you implied, or tried to tell me, i missed along the way.
I’m sorry friend. We could have been
better. But, i’m finally thankful
for the nuances of your name today.
Even the parts i didn’t say.
Each day, I’ve tried to listen well
tried to make strangers come into the focus of friendship;
the focus of being named, that only friendship can bring!
but i’m sure i missed a line or two along the way.
I bless then, today, your missing lines
that could’ve been written by my heart’s gaze.
I’m sure the angels are reading them now anyway,
none of us are in haze,
despite me, despite us.
but i could’ve been a better poet
of your being. Still, we’ll get written
down as friends. Maybe,
that’s enough, to end well in Love.
We’ll wear each other’s names better in heaven,
I’m sure!