The Test of a True Friend

If you want to know if they are a true friend, Ring them at 2 am. Ask for a lift to the airport. Seek a reference. Give them the opportunity to help you with a project. Do they drop you off on the corner or to your front door? Will they tell you what you don't want to hear? Stop you from making a mistake or think it funny when you do? Do they invite you into their lives? Or do they pretend not to be in, to you? Do they take your advice? Can you laugh alongside them? And cry in front of them. Are their tools in plain sight? Where are they when the weather changes? To find one such as passes this test, Is rare indeed, Not to respond in kind, Gives a clue to a state of mind, That will leave you out in the cold, Which is no place you want to be, when you grow old, Too proud to ask for a second chance to enter the fold.