A true friend is not like the rain
A true friend is not like the rain
which pours and goes away.
A true friend is like the air,
sometimes silent but always around you.
I don’t know why you left me here.
You never told me where you were going,
or how long you would be gone.
But I know there is no place like home.
I am a true friend and will always be around you
even if we are far apart.
____ AKSHR
The Smallest of Those
Don’t overlook life’s small joys
while searching for the big ones
because the moment you recognize them,
the tiny ones, is the moment when they
are gone.
Without them what would we be?
Without them how would we know joy?
In this way they are bigger than us
because they live in us,
They are the light from a match, and we
are the flame.
___ AKSHR
I Know
When I want to smile,
I know exactly what to do,
I just close my eyes and I
think of you.
Without you, I’m still
running.
I need to find your face in
the crowd,
the only one looking back
at me.
Without you, I’m just a
tangle of limbs
and a mouth full of
questions.
I want to open my eyes and
be sure that
everything is as it should
be:
that you are here with me.
____ AKSHR
Without love we are like trees without sap.
Love is but the discovery
of ourselves in others
and the delight in the
recognition.
Without love we are like
trees without sap.
Love is but the discovery
of ourselves in others
and the delight in the
recognition.
Without love we are like
trees without sap.
The leaves fall off, the
trunk rots within
and soon there is only a
stump remaining.
What is left is a tree that
cannot feed itself,
that cannot bear fruit,
that cannot support more
than its own weight.
What is left is a tree that
cannot feed itself,
that cannot bear fruit,
that cannot support more
than its own weight.
Love is but the discovery
of ourselves in others
and the delight in the
recognition.
Without love we are like
trees without sap.
_____ AKSHR
Assumptions
Assumptions are the
termites of relationships.
Like the ones I’ve made
about you.
I assumed that since my
father was the first to go,
first to die, that you would
be next.
Without a father for so
many years, I always thought
I’d lose you before I lost
my mother.
I’ve always thought you
were my best friend,
my confidant.
But I never thought to ask
if that was true.
I assumed you didn’t want
to talk about it.
I assumed you wanted to be
left alone.
And so I abandoned you when
I needed someone the most.
Assumptions are the
termites of relationships.
____ AKSHR
The Call
A great relationship is
about two things.
First, appreciating the
similarities,
and second, respecting the
differences.
Loving is about two things.
First, making space for the
other,
and second, knowing how to
give yourself away.
A great relationship is
about two things.
First, appreciating the
similarities,
and second, respecting the
differences.
Loving is about two things.
First, making space for the
other,
and second, knowing how to
give yourself away.
____ AKSHR
The happiness of one person can
only
be achieved through the
happiness of another.
In order to be happy
oneself it is necessary
to make at least one other
person happy.
Love is like a small boat
that carries
two people across the sea.
The sea can be calm, but
sometimes
it becomes stormy and
dangerous.
Without another person to
help you navigate the boat,
you are at risk of sinking or capsizing.
You can only be happy when
someone else is also happy.
____ AKSHR