True Companions! Poem by Eric Cockrell

take off your hat!
come on in....
black coffee, good books,

good wine, moments of stillness,
and conversations of the soul
that last all night....

you came from where?
that's good! tell me,
where are you going?

are you tired of walking alone?
do you need an echo?
questions for your answers?

or answers for your questions?
or do you just need to feel
someone breathing beside you?

we are what we dare to search for!
fear limits us to what we know.
i'll push you out of the nest

if you push me....
we'll either fly together,
or share the fall!

even as the seasons change around us,
they change within us as well.
and all we can ever hope for

are true companions on this road!