Writing a note

'Writing a note'                                        timothy r gates, 8/18/2013

Writing a note
more difficult than writing a letter,
though such are ghosts these days.
special paper
special pens,
often with a minimalist sketch
(always kept ink refills,
cartridges for my favorite ballpoint
bottles of indigo and black for my fountain gold point)
Writing a note
saying the same thing,
yet more with less
not simply a 'I love you,' my friend
not giving a missive of a didactic on theosophy -
(knowing that this would communicate,
be interpreted, be a literary hello and hug,
one to a friend that would do the same)
Writing a note
celebrates our knowing,
and not knowing
grateful for the notes
grateful for friends who write them
(looking at the pens and papers,
those used for letters,
I smile,
happy that they work well for notes as well)
Then I pause,
books, papers, letters
they are all notes having been birthed -
all grown up.