I ONLY WANT (Free Verse)

Thanks to Chris for some help in making this piece better.

I only want to stay as your friend
If not forever
Then for a lifetime.

I only want to feel that it's you
Who holds my hand to guide me
When I'm in the darkest part of my journey
Be my light
And my shelter
My strength to carry on
When  the road seems too rough.

I only want to hear your words
As my inspiration
For the courage to move on
Even when I have to climb a peak
There's no doubt
Because I know you're here
(Where your words reside)
In my heart and mind.

I only want to make you feel
That I'm just here for you
To stay as your friend
Wishing the best things for you.

I only want you to be happy
So when the time comes
That you don't care anymore
I have to be ready
To accept every word
Even if it would hurt me.

All I want is the best for you
And I hope
That you can see that
Because I...
I am your true friend
No matter what.

And when the tests come along the way
I hope I could be strong enough
To hold on to that friendship.

I have loosen my grip for a moment
But I promise...

I'll just remember your words
And things will be alright.

Author's Note

Free Verse (vers libre) Poetry is written in either rhyme or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern.

Reviews

[gabrielle]

"I only want you to be happy
So when the time comes
That you don't need me anymore
I have to be ready
To accept every word
Even if they would hurt me."

i remember my science subject on symbiotic relationship: mutualism and parasitism. ideally, friends help each other and they benefit from each other (mutualism). if a person kept on benefiting from the other without returning the favor that in the long-run harmed the latter...i call that kind of relationship as parasitism...i hope i won't have a parasite friend. lol...

[gabrielle]

how can i edit my comment? it doesn't make sense. lol

[Dhaye]

Ah, I also know that. I also remember my Biology subject in high school, the subject which is my favorite because I am free to read a pocketbook inserted in my workbook. The teacher smiles at me because she can see me reading the workbook (as it seems, the truth is I level the workbook to cover my face while I'm reading the pocketbook).LOl.

Parasite friend...LOL. Two people become friends because they really benefit from each other, either in terms of material, emotional or spiritual aspect/help.

I also wish you won't have that kind of friend. I'm confident enough to say that my friend is not a parasite type (either me), as I have mentioned in the 2nd and 3rd verses.

You and Pax are similar in some aspects...

Thanks for the remarkable review, Gab. I really appreciate it. =)

[Dhaye]

May sense naman. Ikaw lagi kang ganyan. Lagi kang nakokonsensya sa mga review mo sa akin? Hehe. Nakikita mo yung pencil sa pagitan ng flag or like or ano bay yun...di ko kasi madescribe. Basta yung pencil, yun ang edit.

[gabrielle]

ah, ok. no one is a parasite naman..nag-exaggerate lang...=)

[Dhaye]

Mana ka sa lola mo...exaggerated ka rin. LOL

[Dhaye]

Bakit di ka makatingin sa akin ng diretso? Nahihiya ka sa akin, noh? Ah, nakayuko pala ako. Ako pala ang nahihiya sa iyo. Si Pax naman, mukhang bagong gising na walang makitang suklay, ngkakamot pa ng ilong. Hehehe. Tingnan ko lang pag di nagdala ng lagari yan at kahapon pa nyan gustong putulin ang sungay ng kalabaw. Hehehe

Joke joke joke din pag may time...

[Pax]

hahaha, wala na yung lagari, naging scrap kasi kulang sa talim...hehe.. joke lng dhaye..
bawas bawasan na yung sermonan... hehe

[gabrielle]

hahaha. ang kulit.
shhhh...ako yung bagong gising...tinago ko kalahati ng face kasi may mark pa ng laway (lol. yuck)

[Dhaye]

. LOL

[Scott Metro]

I think you did a good job on this..you said what was in your heart..and that can never be discredited.
I have had similar feeling...I know this gentle grinding..

Good job young lady.
Scott

[Dhaye]

Thanks for dropping by, Scott.

[Scott Metro]

:)
Scott.......

[Author Unknown]

Hear My Mind Your first stanza looks good but needs a little tweaking . Forever and lifetime doesn't seem to go hand in hand . If not forever then even for a brief moment . Its a bit realistic and has some bite to it .

[Dhaye]

Ah, what are you doing to me? A friend of mine said to me that "forever" is impossible for humans..but "for a lifetime" is appropriate to express the depth of sincerity for something.

[Author Unknown]

Yes that could be true on the idealistic side of life . Your readers and audience might prefer the practical side of life . Even if its awishful thinking ...Can it be meaured ? Lifetime is not always guaranteed . Any relationship whether its friendhip or marriage is a working progress . You can work and build on it and be destroyed in seconds . Though sometimes of no fault of your own . Idealism or Realism ? Which carries more depth and is it attainable . Just my thoughts Hear My Mind

[Author Unknown]

Sorry I saw your point . Ignore my thoughts . Though its not practical you still wants and aiming for the best . I'm wrong my friend . Yours is the best .

[Dhaye]

I know some people may frown when they hear something like this about friendship. But that's me and I believe and I value so much about it.