4 September 2014
by mandaceehb
The evening silence is beautiful as I
recall the blessings that have graced me today
Toasting creamy cupcakes like pink champagne,
we derive joy in our own small ways
It is the unity and togetherness that gets to me
The cool breeze of the morning clouds as she steers me away from what I only at that moment suspect to be true
The cake waits as the candles do
The song sings as my heart flows to the consistency of melting wax
The smoke clears the gloomy days and the isolated silences fall away
Now their voices mould and rise like an untouchable wave if only in this moment I will remember
Yet later what touches me most is the tender truth that tumbles from your stiff lips
impregnated with the pauses of sincere difficulty like the minute gaps that we have easily allowed habits to fill
I know you enough to know how much you had to overcome inside to speak these words
but your words ascribe too much nobility to my actions
because this is simply what is
a friend