Friend

To be a friend is every man’s quest A simple task and a popular request To be a friend is to share your joy I’ll allay your anger; even your fear I’ll destroy Yet my friend, a friend I can’t be If bridges and dams, you build so steeply Oh my friend, a friend near or far Is a friend in your heart not a memoir A sense, a feeling, a touch so endearing Not a painful stab but a holy blessing Sadly, my uttered words I’ll alter now Not a simple task, defeated I avow Yet, I’m YOUR friend forever & beyond To silence I will learn to respond Friend, my patience may wane From speech, I will abstain But a friend I’ll forever remain…