Friends

You see them every day and everywhere.

If you are a lonely person you wish you could be one of them.

Sitting or standing there laughing at a joke you wish you told and knew.

If you have friends you know you will never be alone.

You will always have a shoulder to cry on.

You will tell good jokes to get them laughing and good stories to get them crying.

You know you will never be apart or stop loving one another.

If you are lonely, time seems to flow together and slow to a crawl.

Your heart aches for the friends you lost or want.

You walk by friends you once knew and now you hate.

You wish with all your heart that someone will notice you and talk to you.

If you have friends you notice the people walking alone.

You talk to them and invite them to join you and your friends.

You see their face light up with happiness.

You see their eyes shout for joy and their laughter come spilling out as they say “YES!”

And that my friends is poetry all its own.