Good Friends
Tension is support not conflict.
Every permanent structure has it.
Stress is balanced not absorbed.
Simple machines proclaim its advantage.
Lovely bodies balanced in dance
Maintain tension for resolution.
Expressive stress pleasures the eyes
And cushions strained machines.
Old friends lean in love
Like arches to a keystone,
Tensing, as champions of vaulted permanence
Inclining spirits to seek new heights.
Thanksgiving comes in resolute phase
Soon to be greeted by its mirror image.
The pleasure for good friends
Is daily tension not number of years.
RED ©1985
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