Namaste, mate!

One told me once she
meant (she did the hands
-gesture): “the light in me
recognizes and salutes
the light in you.”

It hit
me so sweet
I flipped it. Namaste
first, back-ather
of course.

Then: Manaste.
Mah nah stay. “The
dark in me recognizes
the dark in you.” There
is no salute, but the handy
-work is flipped forward
and down from the up
position.

It made sense! She began

doing it to me all the time
when she saw me. A bit awkward
in public. “What’s she doing?” One
of us had to explain, often - people

got it though.

Both to you.