Between Friends

for Bernie

There is a song that was once ours
about how so happy we were together.
Every time I hear it, it is a reminder
of how happy I still am
to have you in my life
and the friendship we had shared.
It has endured,
whispering in the periods of silence,
hiding in the shadows
when we thought the other was too far away.
Friendships like that don't manifest out of nowhere,
nor do they fade into some astral plane
only to be forgotten.
Ours is something that no song lyric could capture
except perhaps with a typo here and there,
done by you, of course.
But with every conversation, every virtual hug,
it brings me back to that place
where we're so happy together
as friends should be.