Poem for Eduardo

Brother Eduardo
Siddhartha sweetheart
out of this austerity
of the body
you open like an eye
a heart
clear crystal sphere
holding everywhere
everything, everyone
reflected 
inside your love
I am upside down there
loving you back
holding out my small bowl of milk
in gratitude for being
seen by you, read
your generous words
rice in the empty bowl
of my most difficult years
you wrote yourself
lettered friend
into my lonely margins
your words and my words
laced together like fingers
holding hands
old friends forever