A Gift Abandoned before the Altar

Matthew 5:23-24

Two friends, as you and I, should be by now
further along in matters touching heart
and mind, but here we stay behind a glass
of silence neither means nor cares to break.

A fog it seems to me has risen dark
between our better selves, to dampen minds
and veil our truer souls. I see a light
beyond your eyes inspiring hope that friends

will still be friends despite the angst we now
endure. If we are friends, then all shall pass
beneath the arch of love and grace. And I,
And I must break the years of silent strife.

So trembling, shamed and humbled, I now stand
upon your stoop. Inside I hear a low
rumble shifting across the floor and see
a smile behind the glass of an opening door.