Friendship Poem by Paul Andrew Bourne

Have you ever had a friend
Who does not see BEAUTY, SOCIAL STANDING,
FAME and CREDENTIAL as important?
Or, WEALTH for that matter?
But the warmth of your soul,
the blessing of you just being there,
accepting each fault as though
it was pleasantries without being hypocritical.
Seeing beyond your failures, shortfalls
So as to offer recipe' for your future
advancement without ever wanting
anything in return but pure friendship.

When this friend is absent
and, you reminisce
it brings a smile to the muscles, strengthens the sole,
showers an eternal appreciation for humanity
that seems to flow directly from above
You CANNOT see yourself as being inopportune,
Destitute or alienated from mankind with this life-force.
Just having this associate will subside all
FEAR, BITTERNESS, LONELINESS, NEGATIVISM
thereby igniting OPTIMISM.
When this person is around
Your misfortune, inadequacies are NOT major.
Never offering dissuasion, judgement or doom
for your ‘bad' experiences.
Instead, a warm smile, a helpful hand, a shoulder to
cry on, silence when required, proverbs at the right moment.
It is the beauty in you that counts: Your soul's contentment,
that assistance that your being requires for its
RENAISSANCE.

This friend makes me cry
even when I'm gay
Dreams are never shattered he would say
but, delayed for the appropriate day.
Just in favour of the right day! Oh what an experience!
How much my life has been transformed
since the day I opened my wings.
You're a make so wonderful
You may wonder - "Have I ever had gruesome days? "
Oh Yes!
Now they are guiding experiences for tomorrows
Revelations.
My friend, this friend- a special friendship!