Given

You gave me an earring of silver

To build my lunar remembrances upon

After a dream in which I was all alone

Mining the deep dark pit of grief and mistakes

You offered me a way out

By allowing me to speak of everything

And so find a way to unravel things of deep pain and confusion

All tangled up in knots inside me

With this you gave me a chance to weave my understanding into some thing new and less painful

And at my wedding you offered me your tears

As you said

It is so very sad your father could not be here

It was the first pure and honest expression of emotion

I experienced from anyone 

You are flesh of my ancestor’s flesh

When I see you I see both similarity and difference

Without your care and understanding

I honestly do not know if I would have survived past years

And so I want to thank you so very much my friend

For the many gifts you have given me