• Among Friends

    Among friends there are quiet moments
    where nothing needs to be said.
    Among lovers are quiet moments where
    much is said without words.
    Among friends there is ribbing and joking,
    After such laughter, lovers slip into an easy embrace.

    Friendship is natural,
    but romantic love is organic.
    Among friends you and I are seen.
    Among lovers we are not.
    In my heart is a secret place,
    a Tibetan mountaintop,
    where the sound of chimes
    tickles the wind as it passes,
    gently musing on the journeys
    of the heart.
    I would rather be with you among a thousand friends,
    than without you in a lovers' playground,
    because at least
    we are together.