Friendship

What is it?

A spiritual impulse?

A law of attraction?

An expectancy of fulfillment through someone else?

As we journey along the shores of time

We sigh and rest,

"Besides the still waters," and

Become friends

to ourselves!

"In water face answereth to face,"

See yourself--

The full moon and its gentle light

Is within you!

You smile and see the flowers

Blooming--at the same moment

Your wishes weave into a gown,

And you meet a friend!

You can never be alone again,

Because you're now a friend to the whole of mankind.

What are you giving? Grace and

Love and Peace

And you, dear friend?

Your words are running like a deep river

And  I listen--

All carrying the current of momentum

That a solid friendship is!

Let bonding have a chance

And grow on the tree of our innermost self!

Friendship is a great universal force,

It means to invest your love where there is no prejudice!

The inner space takes on the shape and

Contour and color of your thoughts--

Always check your heart,

Silver does not kow it is silver

Until it changes into a gem.

Your friendship does not know its greatness

Until knows its helplessness.

Don't be zealous for too much.

Express the freedom of spiritual equality!

The winds and thunder clean the air.

We are together again in the light of a candle--

Flickering.

Unless we are united with all of God's creatures

Through a spirit of friendliness,

We'll not  be aware of our unity with Good, i.e. God---

A kind loving friendship should exist

In all relationships; between parent and child,

And huband and wife, between man and woman.

Do we hear the call ''love each other?"

There are many different kinds of knowing,

Many layers of learning--but all we need is the Now--

The awareness of intelligence and goodness

Of the great artistry of Life's existence!

Because I love, my heart is happy,

Thus I'm not bored, goodness wells up like a spring

And leads me to a simpler way of living.

The candlelight is now blending with a sunbeam,

A new day started and also a new opportunity!

Thanks to God!--A blade of grass bending in the breeze, and

We bow to each other by the virtue of a gentle touch.

Birds sing melodiously in the distant woods,

And we likewise enjoy our togetherness!

Eva-Maria Hogrefe -- August 2018