Poem for Today : 'Friendship'

Friendship

It needs a friend, in troubled times, 

to lay a hand upon your own;

to turn away the shadows of the past,

seeing seeds of hope are sown.

Someone standing by to fill a lonely gap;

to give, and to receive in giving,

more joy in fleeting moments

than once you had in living.

So listen now to these few words ---

If you think you've reached the end,

in your hoping and your waiting,

share your living with a friend.

© 1967 : Colin Gordon-Farleigh