True Friendship

True friendship

is born of a silence

that holds fast

while the winds

begin to howl.

.

It stands

not for the credit

or a debt to be repaid,

.

but simply

to be the anchor

when the world

is pulled apart.

.

From that presence

we reached inward

.

holding tight,

giving you our own peace.

.

And always

it was this:

.

a hand held steady,

a door left open,

a shared breath

passing between souls.

.

In the storm

the light held.

.

It was enough.

.

True friends' love

is not what is earned

.

but what quietly remains.