Tomodachi
for AJ
There is some sort of path here,
though it’s hard to make out,
even in good light.
Kalyana mitra:
good friend, virtuous friend,
noble friend, admirable friend.
In any case we’re well-meaning,
always looking for ways to make
the other’s life better.
At the very least that’s metta,
loving-kindness, which is all
I can ask of anyone these days.
I mean, I’ve mixed up
the Pali and Sanskrit
in this poem, so who am I to judge
how lives entangle?
/ / /
3 May 2022
Pittsfield MA
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