Your friendship is
A ring on both our fingers
We can bury it for years
It won’t tarnish
You crossed over to my world
And climbing through my window
You left muddy footprints spoiling the plain carpet forever
When I go to look for you
I hear your rustling words like music
Taste feelings like rain on my tongue
You made a fetish of me and wear it around your neck
I keep your calipso dance beneath my iron bed
For when I am alone
You are there
Velvet pocketed and never faltering
My love is
A brand I welcome
As we cannot exchange skins
We can remove our fear
Let it hang neglected on a clothes peg
Whilst we kick off our shoes
Feel the vibration of knowing
In each other is the river
Reflecting on shining surface
Deeply felt things, resting below.