Friends

Friends

There are friends who are kind and that listen,

There are friends who will mop up your tears,

There are friends who will guide and steer you

And support you throughout the years.

There are friends that are thinking of you

Who make time to pick up the 'phone.

Their comforting voice and calming advice

When your problems seem like yours alone.

There are friends that will always love you

And prop you up when life isn't fair.

It's just enough that you know they're around -

Knowing that they really care.

There are friends who might not understand you

But are there with open arms and minds

And one little comment that will alter your thoughts,

That will would help through some difficult times.

There are friends, who will make you feel better,

There are friends who are willing to share

And just the mere comfort of knowing -

There are friends who are going to be there.

There are friends that will give you their time

And they know when you most need,

There are friends that can read your mind

Or offer logical words of heed.

Our friends are so important,

They're extensions of our family.

We'd be so lost without them,

So without them, where would we be?

There are friends like me with hindsight,

There are friends like me that know.

With so much to give and empathy

When a friendship has started to grow.

Copyright Linda Lawrence

11th May 2009