Poem for Befriending

Jump in
The stream is
Refreshing
Cool
Or cold
Or warm
Or hot
hot
hot
Whatever you are
Jump in and swim for your life
Will rise up to meet you
Your heart will be massaged
With tender fingers
Of remembrance
Be washed in the stream
Of
This is your life
Beginning
To end
And if you must
Unfriend
The reflected image
Of the great cloud
Surrounding
Chanting
Sweetly
Never look away

Know that your life is waiting
On that distant shore
Patiently awaiting
Beyond some golden door