I have a friend. I pray you have one too.
Lawrence Spiro
A friend is someone neither of you will ever reject.
When they act you might not accept
but you will always be there and always respect.
You know them as who they are
no matter distance or time you’re never far.
You feel their joy and soothe their grief
and you’re always there until relief.
You cheer a friend as they go through life
through success and failure and ease and strife.
You taste their tears as they lash out at you
then you turn your cheek and offer a steady view.
You remain silent until words are no more
there are so many things a friend is for.
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Home…by Ethan Bell
The walls look different bright and new
But I still remember every crack I knew
The sounds have changed the colors too
Yet something inside still says this is you
It feels familiar but not the same
Like someone gently rearranged my name
I’m learning this home one step at a time
Finding old memories in a new design