'A Friend Like You'

25/03/2009

I know that without friends,
   the world can seem a dark and lonely place.
It means so much to reach out and feel someone is there,
   when you need a helping hand, or someone to care
that your day is all out of kilter, 
      the car won’t start, the freezer’s broken,
or simply that you can do nothing with your hair.
 ...   Friends can help you through.

 

Sometimes it’s not the big things that bring you down,
   when lots of little things go wrong,
they seem to hang together in a voluminous cloud,
   that envelopes your mind and you begin to live in the fog
of uncertainty.  It’s at times like these when you have
   to cry out, “help me!”.
A friend can be as a lighthouse is to a stricken ship,
   ...   a beacon.

 

I have had the wind taken out of my sails so many times. 
   When I thought I had it all together,
the winds of misfortune have blown across my bows
   so hard, I have lost my sense of direction. 
I was fortunate to know someone who had been there,
   and knew how to use a compass. 
   ...   Friends can help us weather the storm.

 

The world can be a troubling place but
   it does not have to be lonely.
We can be a friend to others and, in helping them
   we can often bring light into our own lives. 
The value of friendship is in giving
   and receiving insight and understanding ...
 Which is why I am glad
   I have a friend like you.

 

Maria K Kaeble
(c) April 2000