They say a friend is someone who is always there for you,
To share in your life’s laughter and to cheer you when you’re blue.

Take my hand my friend
I wish to help you along
Just knowing there are two of us
Can help to make you strong

I’d like to capture a rainbow
and stick it in a big box
so that,
anytime you wanted to,
you could reach in and pull out
a piece of sunshine.

No matter where we go or who we become,
never forget who helped us get there.

Sometimes we walk through life,
Not even knowing where to go,
Without a destination, or knowing why,
Or with what kind of purpose…

And a youth said, “Speak to us of Friendship.”
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

“I’d like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me;
I’d like to be the help that you’ve been
always glad to be;
I’d like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.

Sometimes it’s hard to write the words
That you, my dear, should see.
Or say the things that you need to hear,
Or be as I should be.

Have you ever found a friend
That makes your heart glow
Someone who is wonderful
You feel honored to know

As I went about my daily routine
a thought came to mind:
You’ve always been a support to me;
something so hard to find.