grandie v met a new girl at the pool
her daddy is a soccer coach at the university
who moved here from another country
though i have no idea where
the language that the family
spoke between them
was beautiful
yet
i couldn’t identify it
and
it was wonderful
to watch the girls play
and
communicate
without any difficulty
in two very different languages
neither one speaking the other’s language
but
they played and played
and soon
they were singing
to each other
and
laughing out loud
and
neither seemed to
even realize or care
that they began
with
two different languages
they were simply
two friends
speaking a new one together.
—
“the language of friendship is not words but meanings.”
henry david thoreau
I didn't have my glasses on.... 