if you love your friends,
even a little,
it’s a good time
to get together.
the crowds of new faces
are growing
& every day we are
fewer.
things are as they are
only for an instant.
we need to celebrate
this moment together
as it is &
as we are.
our grasp in this world
is dissolving
as we
disappear.
but we can pass
our love on,
if we do it now,
with firm hands.
every hug and every handshake
is a light in eternity.
let’s make ourselves bright
so we can find each other
in the brightness
to come.