18 Friends
A smile you bring to my face when I'm low
Sinking lower still till I can't sink no more
You hold my hand pat me on the shoulder and say
Where are you brother that you can't see the light of day
Healed I am of this seed of melancholy upon my brow
For indeed it was you mended me and made me glow
And I in turn lifted the spirits of another with a song
For he had borne a burden too much for too long
Uplift each other we did in days gone past
For troubles we know won't really last
Talks of friends and loved one who've brought
Us through all the little trials we've fought
Spontaneous smiles we have now that our troubles have blown away
Never to return again and deny us the calm we have in which we say
Thank you for being steadfast in love for those are the very things
That makes us feel not like paupers but as kings
Pieces in "Family and Friends:"
- 4. Wishes Birthday wishes for a good friend of mine. I usually send this out on birthdays along with a fresh poem.
- 6. Mother A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".
- 18. Friends For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".
- 29. Inspire For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"
- 37. Friends2 For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".