Friends Enrich Your Life
So many different faces We’ve worn throughout the years Sifting through relationships Victories and tears We traveled down different roads At times they would converge Some broken hearts would drift apart While other friendships merge At times the journey takes its toll Alone we seek our rest That’s when you took me as your guest And friendship was expressed And yet the road continued on And we both sought our ways Chasing dreams and finding things That soon took up our days But through the clutter and the crowds Frantic to keep pace Across the hectic miles and days You gave me your embrace Sometimes broken and alone I clutched a simple truth That through it all, if should I fall I had a friend in you Your modest words dust me off And set me on my feet Without pretense give me the sense To push away defeat And while the distance still exists Somehow at times you’re near Stepping in now and again To lead me through my fears Now through the screaming, silent nights When sleep cannot be found I find a way through the fray To climb to higher ground For in the shadows of my life A distant mountain shines Found so many years ago This quiet friend of mine Meditation: “A friend loves at
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