ANAM CARA: SOUL FRIEND

“It was on these western shores,
Anam Cara,
you found my soul
adrift in the stillness
of a waiting tide.

You travelled
the dark arc of stars
to settle in my dreams —

and now, awake,
I feel you
soften the echo
of tide-worn years
calling across
the water of time.

For a while we walked
beneath the turning skies,
our hearts attuned
to the breath between the waves;
each breath a thread
binding sea to soul.

As far-off waves
stirred the winds of change,
the seasons turned
towards the coal black night –

and your presence began to drift —
leaving only memories
anchored in tide-lit stillness,
flickering
in the soft dawn light.”