You Are There Poem by Barry Middleton

it's always good to know
you are there if life goes wrong

we never do outgrow
the ones who make us strong

though you are far away
you are also very near

the world can all turn gray
but I have no fear

you make my world feel warm
and that will always be

you shelter me from harm
sustaining peace for me

and that's what old friends do
you ease my every pain

I pray and you pray too
we turn the hurricane

it's always good to know
you're there when life goes wrong

we never do outgrow
the ones who make us strong