An Ode To Friendship

 

Inspired by Kahlil Gibran—From The Prophet (1923). 

An Ode to Friendship 

And a young woman said, Speak to us of Friendship.
And she answered, saying:

Your friend is the welcome answer to your heart’s true needs.
She is your garden, sown with love and gathered with gratitude.
She is your table, your hearth, and the warmth beside you.
You come to her with an open heart, and together you enter peace.

When your friend speaks her truth, your own truth rises freely to meet hers.
In her quiet presence, your heart continues its conversation with her heart.
Within friendship, thoughts, desires, and hopes unfold and are shared in luminous joy.

When you journey beyond one another’s presence, love brings her essence into clearer view.
For what you cherish in her appears with new clarity, as the mountain reveals its full beauty from the open plain.

Let friendship deepen the spirit.
For love reveals its own mystery through freedom, generosity, and grace.

Offer your friend the fullness of who you are.
When she knows the rhythm of your tides, let her also know the radiance of your rising waters.
Seek your friend with hours made alive by your presence.
Bring her the time in which both of you may flourish.
For friendship receives your needs and expands the abundance within you.

And in the sweetness of friendship, let there be laughter and pleasures shared.
For in the dew of little things, the heart discovers its morning and is renewed.