Monday, December 22, 2008
circle of friends

Circle of Friends

Friendship is a strange thing.
We find ourselves telling each other the deepest details of our lives, things we don't even share with our families who raised us.

But what is a friend?

A confidant?
A lover?
A fellow email junkie?
A shoulder to cry on?
An ear to listen?
A heart to feel?...

A friend is all these things... and more.

No matter where we met, I call you friend.
A word so small yet so large in feeling, a word filled with emotion.
It is true great things come in small packages.

Once the package of friendship has been opened, it can never be closed.
It is a constant book always written waiting to be read and enjoyed.

We may have our disagreements, we may argue, we may concern one another, friendship is a unique bond that lasts through it all.

A part of me is put into my friends, some it is my humor, some it is my listening ear, some it is real life experiences, some it is my romanticism but with all, it is friendship.

Friendships forged are a construct stronger than steel built as a foundation, necessary for life and necessary for love.

Old friends are wonderful... And some are priceless too...
But we should look around and try... To cultivate thenew...
Because the circle that is formed... By all the hands we shake...
Surrounds the height and margin of... The progress that we make...
And if our friends of years ago... Areall we have today...
Then surely we have slowed our stride... And walked an idle way...
Whereas each new one helps to ease... Our struggle and our strife...
And every larger circle is... A longer lease on life...
So let us keep the gentle friends... That we have come to know...
But also let us do our best... To make the circle grow....
A ball is like a circle, no beginning or end...
It keeps us together like Our Circle Of Friends....
But the treasure inside for you to see is the treasure to grant me....

Friends----you and me
You gave me part of you
and I gave you part of me.
We started our friendships
Our circle of friends
and like that circle
There is no beginning or end...