Friendship/A Hot and Cold Affair

 

Hot, God it’s so hot this time of year

And hellish seems to say it best

for in and out as, once again,

I am alone and standing here…

 

A ring of friendship that we traced

encircled by our common bond;

and eager, lonely, I believed-

but yet again, my trust displaced.

 

I thought you knew me well and true

for an open book is what I am,

no masks or fawning lies can pass

between this broken heart and you.

 

What seemd a fine camaraderie,

with honesty and empathy, and

laughing, crying-shared our souls

was all the joy and peace for me.

 

Yet vast and dark a lifetime be

and who can know the whole,

its wretched grip upon a soul,

such desire to find an enemy

in me.

 

Cold, so cold within the circle now

with echoes of my weeping, the

fury of disapointment, confusion

resounding and yet, somehow…

 

I am resolute at last in what is true.

I did nothing to invoke the wrath

and only chanced to cross your path

in a moment you felt less than-you.

 

I am content-you being you, me being me

and in cordial passing friendly be;

but things broken in a childish rage

rip from friendship’s book a vital page.

 

There must be trust and knowing

that I am always who I am,

in spite of who we may become

and friendship’s rose is ever growing,

thorns and all.

 

Copyright CKP 2017

 

From A Course in Miracles. 

T-15.V.4. Because of guilt, all special relationships have elements of fear in them. 2 This is why they shift and change so frequently. 3 They are not based on changeless love alone. 4 And love, where fear has entered, cannot be depended on because it is not perfect. 5 In His function as Interpreter of what you made, the Holy Spirit uses special relationships, which you have chosen to support the ego, as learning experiences that point to truth. 6 Under His teaching, every relationship becomes a lesson in love.

 

Here is the link to the entire passage if you would like to read it.

The Special Relationship

I now understand the fallacy of seeking the special relationship, as spoken of in A Course in Miracles. The only true special relationship that can exist is between a human and Spirit. It is never hot or cold, but constant.

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