Healing Aura

When you are part of a gathering
But still a third person wondering
Are we the same girls blundering
or mature women, remembering

A kind of journey with reflection
Spanning two decade’s separation
Everyone is each other’s apparition
Is someone else your aspiration?

Have some had it easy? Really?
Have some battled demons stoically
Bruises hidden by a smiling-face ally
Or beauty unmarred by life’s reality

I stand there looking at them all
The stance independent and tall
Sensitivity at a moment’s call
Love shining through to enthrall

A long separation could not quash
The spontaneous camaraderie I watch
As if two decades between - a mirage
Hearts beating in a perfect chord

I saw them as lives I could easily lead
Each one unique and far from defeat
Each one radiant in her sweeping feats
One more journey into many instincts