THEY'RE HARD TO COME BY BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE...
THEY CAN'T BE CREATED, MADE OR EVEN BOUGHT BUT THEY MUST BE EARNED...FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TAUGHT
GROWING UP I DIDN'T HAVE MANY BUT AS I GOT OLDER I LEARNED THAT I DIDN'T NEED A LOT... SOME AREN'T MENT TO BE IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE ALL SOME WILL DO IS CAUSE YOU NOTHING BUT STRESS, PAIN, MISERY, & STRIFE... THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE LIKE LEAVES OR EVEN BRANCHES ON A TREE BUT THEN THERE ARE A FEW LIKE ME WHO ARE LIKE THE STRONG ROOTS OF THAT SAME TREE...
STANDING BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH THE SUNSHINE & RAIN, BEING THERE TO LEND A HAND WHEN THEY CAN, ALWAYS HELPING IN SOME WAY OR STYLE TO SEE YOU SMILE OR SIMPLY CALLING TO SAY "HELLO" OR "HOW ARE YOU" JUST BECAUSE...THEY HAVE A LOVE FOR YOU
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE WHEN THEY GET UPSET WITH YOU FOR NOT ASKING THEM A LITTLE OR SIMPLE FAVOR... YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE WHEN THEY DON'T TALK TO YOU FOR SO LONG BUT WHEN THEY SEE YOU AGAIN IT'S AS IF YOU NEVER LOST CONTACT...
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE WHEN THEY CAN TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK RIGHT THROUGH YOUR FAKE SMILE & SEE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG...
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ONE WHEN THEY ASK YOU TO COME OUT TO HAVE SOME FUN JUST BECAUSE IT'S THURSDAY...
AND YOU REALLY KNOW HAVE ONE WHEN THEY DO LITTLE THINGS JUST FOR YOU WITHOUT YOU EVEN ASKING OR BRINGING UP THE MATTER...
I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW & I WRITE THIS JUST FOR YOU
JUST TO SIMPLY REMIND YOU ALL THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ALL HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART AND ANYTIME YOU NEED ME I'LL BE THERE; TO SHARE A LAUGH, CHILL, HAVE FUN, TALK, HELP, OR EVEN PRAY THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY...
I'M A FRIEND THAT STICKS & THAT WILL BE THERE UNTIL THE VERY END.
ONCE AGAIN I TELL YOU ALL THIS BECAUSE I SEE MY LIFE TO BE TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE AND CONSIDER YOU AS...
A REAL FRIEND