WALKING WITH A FRIEND

"Intimate Friends":,
oil on birch panel
by Gerald Schwartz

WALKING WITH A FRIEND

Walking with his best friend on a summer day

is a new beginning for him. It’s a way

of getting gifts from the sunshine,

a way of seeing a sure sign

that there are more smiles than smirks

in this world. He feels the works

of love inside them as they walk,

hears the sounds of quietness as they talk.

He sometimes feels like he’s flying,

especially when the trees are sighing

in friendship while they walk. The gate

called Peace opens for them. They create

a brand new world for each other, a rebirth

each moment of him and her and the earth.