My Best Friend

The Universe has listened and answered my heart

It has been there through every part

of the ups and downs life has given.

I reach out in pain

To experience the lame efforts that society feints

Only to be rejected, once more again.

When my heart was screaming, I cried

To deft ears and closed eyes

And found my solace in the wings of the unseen.

And when my pain was answered

WIth whispers and quiet

I learned to silence and listen, to gain.

To gain all the knowledge and strength

Of loneliness, of solitude.

And to recognize the wonders of this gift.

The gift of finding oneself

Through sheer determination and faith,

Through the ultimate knowing, I am okay.

My best friend, the universe itself,

Is all of you and me and us,

Connected as one.

So you see my friend,

It is all about the inside out,

Go within, and do not doubt.

Spirit with-in and spirit with-out

will take hold and enfold,

As the splendor of truth unfolds.

My Best Friend, the Ultimate Source

That has all the answers to all; It protects and comforts

And is my very best friend, of all.