between friends

available through Edgewater Gallery

Old friend, I knew you before we met.

I saw you at the window of my soul—

I heard you in the steady millstone of my heart

grinding grain for our daily bread.

You are sedimentary, rock-solid cousin earth,

where I stand firmly, astonished by your grace and truth.

And gratitude comes to me and says:

“Tell me anything and I will listen.

Ask me anything, and I will answer you”

—Freya Manfred 

from “Old Friends”