A Friend In Me

I see a loneliness in your eyes and I don’t know what to do I know you’d like to be different but then you wouldn’t be you. You just want to be the same as your friend’s appear to be but you need never feel alone when you have a friend in me. Sometimes when we’re together I see the sunshine in your face then something takes your mind to a different and darker place. Perhaps I say something wrong or maybe it’s other things too but if you talk to me, I will listen and bring the sunlight back to you. It’s not easy at eight years old to have worries like you do you feel different to all of us but mostly we’re just like you. So don’t you hide from your life just live it the best you can do and if I'm near, let my smile find the happiness there in you. (for my granddaughter who has aspergers syndrome)