Best Friend

Who your friends are shows a lot about you

Each day is an adventure

A new road to explore

A life upon which to expand

As we travel and learn more

Happiness is within us all

But times, yet hard to see

Yet oft I think we search to long

And we really just need to be

Look into the glass each day

The reflection in which truth lies

Look beyond what eyes can see

To where the heart resides

Kindness is a gift you know

Not all who live receive

Some hearts are made of solid stone

Simply 'cause they won't believe

Walk down the street with open eyes

What do you truly see there

Don't allow the broken hearts

To drag you to despair

Encountering those saddened hearts

A choice you now do face

Allow their pain to bring you down

Or share your smile with grace

Each one of us lives day to day

Always hoping for happiness

Stop seeking for the world to fill

That lonely spot for less

Look into the reflective glass

And see what lies within

Open up the inner you

Become your own best friend

Relying on the world

To fill your heart with glee

Leaves us at a loss each day

Longing to be free

Others love us more

Than we love ourselves

For relying on another

Just leaves us on the shelf

Happiness is a hungry thing

And must be fed each day

To feed and grow full happiness

Is such a simple way

Look daily in the mirror

Smiling at your face

Say "Good Morning Beautiful"

Believe those words of grace

Love yourself as the day begins

Believe until the end

Smile at all those you see

And Be Your Own Best Friend!

Author's Note

If you cannot love you how can you expect another to love you

Reviews

[Dhaye]

"Love yourself as the day begins
Believe until the end
Smile at all those you see
And Be Your Own Best Friend"

That's my fave stanza...a powerful ending in this poem. Remember the song "The Greatest Love of All"...it says that "Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all". If people see you don't value yourself, how can they love you? So love yourself first so that others may love you. You are the bestfriend of yourself.

Very nice poem!

[Constance Payne]

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