A Few Words
When I snap out of the haze
and actually feel like myself
for a moment,
you're still there,
no further away
than you were then.
You're still my friend.
And all the distance
and difference
in the universe
can't rearrange
what heaven has placed.
Maybe we've been touched by tragedy,
but you're still you and I'm still me,
and a few words can heal
what continues to bleed.
