For KH and NF

you in white with your soft curls

resting easy under that little slip of cloth

that coils around those blooms and drops

so gently over your face

like the last protection of spring

to her most precious child

you sit upon my heart like an Other

someone who will melt into the air

like you had never been

(that five year old who fell for the same

golden puppy as me and decided we could share

the dog and our hearts)

and after the perfect spell

the three voices in one and the golden rings

of trust hope and love

you will reappear someone new

with your foreign name and almost-familiar smile

(though i never saw it with this new glow

that draws the whole world into it)

and you will leave with a strange heart

beating for you with its constant rhythm

for the long duration of these days

and in some way be gone forever

except that you look over your shoulder

and i know

that best friends always means forever.

Congratulations beautiful one!