Over Lunch

               ~for V.C.

Years dissolve in a cocoon 

of comfortable conversation 

weaving past into present

in a tapestry of light and shadow.

Memories, 

new and old,

eagerly shared and celebrated 

as figurative fingers wrap around the friendship knot

decades old and holding strong.

Eyes bright as jewels 

blink back the leaking gratitude

as anticipation mounts

for the next chance to open the treasure chest.