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…
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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