Friends of Feeling-by me

Finding a love so dear as mine
Is rarer than rare in the span of all time

Unknown, strangest fortune that brought me to bliss
Coincidence or providence, was neither amiss

Unmitigated circumstance did cause this greatest feat
Undying firm devotion we do now both share, entreat

And seemed it all more vital when the friendship came to life
Both shared a common destiny, companions midst the strife

To each came pledged allegiance, understood, in silence dwelt
Codified as those preserving of their own self, dearest felt

And if perchance one friend had pain that was in fact most real
An equal hurt the pain he girt, the other friend did feel

And just as much when glee was felt and one rejoiced most high
The other friend found blessing, letting joy and rapture fly

When wind cut bold in weather cold, did not one single bite
Without a beat, so does repeat, the other, his freezing fight

So lifelong lived their days as one, though two in flesh they were
Sufficed to say, in tenderest way, sacrificed for other prefer

So lived they did, the best they hid, the bond that kept them tied
They could not run from what was done, resolved until one died

And death it came, one life to claim, and torn apart they were
The heart divided, what love confided, in loss found no succor

But soon she felt his presence dwelt again within her heart
She knew he’d gone, not far along, ahead to do his part

And still in death, as her own breath, she felt his as before
She did he feel, his joy reveal, her heart was filled once more

When precious a friend, no matter the end, even death can not steal love
Two hearts set free, pledged in love they be, are set by a seal from above

-by Joe Thomas, copyright 2017