When I First Read Your Eyes

To true friendship... Though it be fifty years ago That I first read your eyes The story that they guaranteed Has ne’er worn a disguise That friends forever, we would be Through life’s uncertain ride And always I have felt the love Of your voice by my side It’s not that quarrels never tripped Or knocked us to the ground It’s that the bond that made us one Preserved the love we found On mornings such as this, I think Through fog and mist and rain Of that first time I read your eyes The sun then shines again