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[ NaPo 2021 ] [ Gibran ] You've got a Prophet in me

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay."
And when he is silent your hearts ceases not to listen to his heart,  
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unclaimed.  
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;  
For that which you love most in him may be clearer  
in his absence, as the mountain is to the climber from the plain.
 
  
~ Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet  
   
   
Our friends never truly leave us  
firm as mountains in a range  
   
until out of mind, thus  
becoming out of sight  
   
and then it does seem strange  
as if you are the only mountain  
in existence during the height  
of your loneliness  
   
Merely shrouded in the mist  
of the no longer longed-for  
despite repeated insistence  
they are missed, those friends  
are still present at your side  
   
If you keep them inside your heart  
the entire time, you need    
not look any further than this  
   
 
Written by JohnnyBlaze
Published | Edited 2nd Nov 2021
Author's Note
inspired by Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet"
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