Reunion

Reunion 

We met in intense times;

Our lives and minds so open.

We found our souls had shared rhymes:

Spoken and unspoken.

They resonated like chimes.

In me, so much desire

To be near, with and like you.

With your power to inspire...

Seeing, through you, what's true.

Keeping me out of the mire.

Our paths simply diverged,

By plans getting diverted.

Not purposefully divided.

No wrongs or offences

That needed to be righted.

Half our lives have since passed 

Since we last sat face to face. 

Keeping touch 'cross time and space.

Knowing so much has changed,

I still recognized your face.

Back in, quickly folded 

What time had telescoped out.

The bonds our souls had molded,

Held against time and doubt,

As so much else eroded.

Stories told many times--

But never before to you--

That had lost their shine and rhymes,

Became new, through and through 

And picked up hope from old times.

Long overdue for sure,

This simple, short reunion

(Like a holy communion)

Will help me to endure.