-for Anita, Melanie, Michelle, Joy, Kara, Kanga, & Naomi

I have traveled the dark roads
of relationships,
been lost in the echoing caverns
of marriages failing,
marriages failed,
traversed those black nights
of emotion in torrent,
but I have never been alone.
My friends bring light
to my dark places,
their bright, warm love my candle,
their deep, strong hearts
my constant sun,
luminous, radiant, beautiful.
~
August 29, 2002