Friends

Scott Whitby, 2020

Many people you meet

Friends some will be

Which ones ever

You never can see

The first friend of child

So powerful and strong

If they could stay

Life would be long

Some blast into your life

So important for a time

But the interest fails

When they impose on your time

Others act like they're friends

But no commitment to spare

So in truth they are not

In truth they don't care

Some would be real

But life takes them away

Good friends they'd've been

In some other day

With very little fortune

And no needed fame

Real friends come along

And they play no game

They know what you mean

Doesn't matter what you say

They are your friends

No matter the day

You don't have to ask

You don't have to plead

They are there all along

More than a Creed

A real friend will be there

Like a wife thick and thin

Even when you are wrong

They just offer a grin

They're there when you need

What that is is no worry

You don't have to say

Thanks or I'm sorry

But am I a good friend?

Did I help my friends grow?

Did I give that all back?

I hope that they know

I hope that I did

And they can say that they see

I matched all of my friends

Like my friends did for me