just got home from a reunion with a friend i’ve missed for over five years.
when i found i was moving into the area in which they live, i immediately called to tell them. giddy thoughts of sharing time together once more… memories of the fun we used to have, and warm thoughts of being once more in proximity to a ‘life friend’… a rare thing indeed.
tonight, i called again, and discovered the message had been accidently erased. a flurry of conversation and the night was open for both of us… and less than an hour later, there we were again… grinning like idiots at once another over the table.
catching up didn’t take that long. basking in the warmth of one another was a delight i have long looked forward to…. how blessed i am.
there is so much to share yet. the synopsis we gave to one another quickly enough… but you know how it is, details and specifics only arise over time.
they make music. 16 track recording studio. heh. collaboration soon. oh delight. i think of how all of this has come to be and smile. so strange and yet, so wonderful. they have a son now. he is five. proud papa and mama. i gave the update on my daughter as well as a few other things. to have the blanket of care once more about my shoulders was… indescribable.
j told me about literally tearing up when i called. i admit, i did much the same. we still finish each other’s sentences. we still wind up laughing at one another for how we use the same phrases spontaneously. after dinner, sitting in the car… just talking… impulse for coffee followed, parking lot after parking lot for a while… didn’t matter… we were together.
life is so good. the universe tends me so well. i am happily in the dust for it. humbled. humbled. rare jewel of a friend. i am so thankful for you. a soft and tender salute here, in the wee hours, just now back to home… still replaying it in my head… smiling… first words to one another… ‘hi there!’ and their reply, ‘out of the truck, woman!’ hah. such a hug. soul hug. prodigal spirits… welcoming one another home.
the thumb rings we’ve both lost, but we agree they are still there, regardless… melded and invisible. words and words and words and then… just happy sighs and stupid grins and silence that was anything but silent as chemicals and presence poured, pooled, and set us both floating.
such contentment to know there are those in the world with whom time and distance is but a blink… how i have missed you, my friend. hello, hello, welcome, and welcome, i hug you still.