Meet with a friend
you’ve known for life
and you’ll find a version
of yourself you may
have forgotten or don’t
want to remember until
something makes you both
laugh, lighting up a spark,
warming your soul, maybe
even cracking open memories
like clouds floating overhead,
obscuring sunshine for a moment,
until blue skies inspire rays
warming your skin tingling
with familiar heat, leaving
sunglasses perched on head
for eyes unmasked to see
yourself reflected in your friend’s
eyes, someone you misplaced,
revised, recreated yet still exists