friendship

the precious gift of
friendship
in the state of being
(not just staying)
is what remains 
in our hands
after so much of going
around together
sometimes stumbling
but always forward
staying close or 
flying around 
        like a satellite
at times like 
        silent witnesses
but mostly
        like two accomplices 
saying well yes and but no
to the vicissitudes and
the eventualities 
of life
independently of
time, distance and
changes in the weather