My friend, my father, I came across an old photo tonight,

And immediately I was with you in the Endless Lights,

Beyond time and place,

—Certainly beyond qualities!—

And briefly, I remembered, yes!  Remembered…

Not to forget.

One must make a talisman of these moments,

An invisible, shapeless and formless one that winds around the heart:

No words, no sounds:

Only reality.

The reality of what you gave me,

And the friendship that will never end.

My father, my friend, I could never forget 

The light illuminating your silver hair,

The robes that draped just so (they wouldn’t dare

do anything less!):

How elegant you were and are!

You yourself the signpost pointing

Beyond…

Right here.

Copyright Amidha K Porter