And now.....A Poem.

A friend...

By Sarah Stamper

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A friend is someone who is always there,
who never leaves you in times of fear.
Who knows how to make you feel as if your glad to be born,
who knows the scorn,
hiding in your heart, ready to break,
when the anger causes you to shake.
He calms you down,
who wears your crown
of unforgiven thorns.
When your worn,
Down to the bone from society's curse
He is a nurse,
to your broken heart.
And till death till we part....
Was the best saying he ever had
when you felt oh so sad....

He protects you,
when your blue
and in a moment of weakness,
the best words he offer is...yes,
Who watches you go, knowing you'll come back.
who goes through the old stack
of the comic books you used to read
and watches the street with dread.
Because you realize he won't be coming home,
who waits anyway like stone.
A friend is someone who cries on your shoulder
when your lover
who, like he, is also gone for good.
Who tries to protect what you love
who gives you that shove,
to keep you going
when nothing...,
is right anymore
and life's a bore.

A friend keeps you alive,
even when he is given up, so you won't go for the dive.
into oblivion like he did
and end up like the kid
you knew since pre-school
got lost in the pool
of sad emotions, and gave up to the noose.
He put out the fuse,
Before the explosion
and your own dive...

to oblivion....