Today in more ways than one, I have learnt a lot about friendship. I have reflected and I’m still reflecting on friendships I have had, still have and don’t have anymore.
As a young person (though some people say I’m not young again), I find myself asking some inward questions like: ‘Is it really worth it? Do my friends appreciate me? Do I have friends?
Shocking questions I know, but you may have found yourself asking the same questions too at some point in your life. I began to look back on past friendships that have ended and those that still exist. I compared and contrasted. So here’s what I discovered about a friend indeed:
My friend, my friend
How did I come to know you?
Remind me of that day when I saw you
Let’s reflect together on us two
Remind us how one plus one became two
Aaaah! It was along the corridor, she said
Yes it was!! I replied
I can’t remember who said Hi first
But we were heading to the kitchen to quench our thirst
After the kitchen chat, each in our rooms laid to rest
I noticed you had an amazing sense of humor
Where you must have got it from, I tried to figure
Dad, mum or wherever, I loved your humor
Days passed, we talked a lot more
We became buddies.
We shopped together
Ran in the rainy weather
All the way it was laughter
As time went on, I realized
Our lives were intertwined
You always knew when i needed you
I always called when you thought of me.
Pure co-incidence some say
It happened so many times I lost count
Our friendship still alive
Always fired up even after an argument
True friends they say, are hard to find
But I say a friend should be true
So with the few years I’ve spent on this earth
I have made friends, friends have made me
Though few, I’m grateful even today
I’m happy to say
I have a friend or two; few
Friends that have taught me
A lesson or two
About friendship, in its true sense
There is a friend that sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24)
I have found such friends in ladies and gentlemen alike
I have seen Jesus in these friends of mine
Full of forgiveness and love
Joy and the gentility of a dove
Comfort and compassion
So to those friends who have been
And still are a part of my life
I love you and appreciate you
I hope I’ve been a friend to you
Just as much as you have been a friend to me.
God bless you.
Saula B
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