What Is a Friend

What is a friend you may ask? A friend is a person who cares about you A friend is not one who will lie to and use you A friend is there for the good times and for the rough times too A friend doesn’t tell you lies and makes you believe them A friend doesn’t lead you on just to get what they want A friend listens to what you have to say and share A friend is not one to manipulate to suit their own needs A friend is one you can count on and who can count on you So what is a friend, you may ask? I really thought I knew and believe the above to be true I believed all the lies and was manipulated This person I thought to be my friend wasn’t really in the end I shared my heart, feelings and thoughts with this person This person told me they would never lie to me and yet that was a lie I was used just to get what was wanted then thrown away like yesterday’s trash A friendship was all I wanted and thought I had A true friend is what I thought I had and that it would last Boy was I ever wrong and such a fool From the very start to the very end, we were really never friends So what is a friend you may ask? I am not the right person to be asking – I got it all wrong myself Believed lies and was played for a fool So if you ever find out what is a friend, and then please tell me Tell me because I really want to know what a friend is