To My Friends, I am because you Are

My friends are my home.
They are where God meets me
People are my bible, I read daily
And in between their lines
Is The Love I’ve found.

People are sacred scripture to me
And each line a forever poem
I read over and over daily.

I live in several dimensions, but people
Are where I dwell. I meet Love there
In each of you, I now know by name.
You are the refrain that bookend my life.
And for that, I’m most thankful

You have become my holy mountain
My well of waters of life. You are how
God opened my eyes
And quenched my thirsty throat.

You are the names I sleep with nightly
And the characters in my dreams.
You are the everything
For me, friends. You are
The breath I breathe.
My aspiration is
To love you
As you have loved me.
You are my poems
And I am yours.
We have given ourselves
To one another
As lovers of life do.

Each of us is how kingdom comes
To one another. So all your names
Matter most to me.

I toast you to be
Toasted. I recognize
Your name, to be seen.
I see you friends
So I am seen—face to face us
As naked as we are
And all shining stars!

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