after reading

now i am older than my vanished friend

words reach across and do not hesitate

i cannot think what led to this long wait

all this long time must come to a sure end

tides have to rise and tides have to abate

now i am older than my vanished friend

we know the moment when light seems to bend

to our command and moments to conflate

into a single sacred sense of fate

now i am older than my vanished friend