You know your true friend when you are in most need <br />For like 'tis said such a friend is a friend indeed <br />One who stands by you when you are feeling down <br />A cash strapped and depressed poor soul of the town <br />'Tis when you are most in need your friend you come to know <br />You ask one you thought was a good mate for a small loan his answer to you no <br />One who is not short of money of which you are aware <br />Yet a ten dollar note for you he could not spare <br />Yet a person you did not know well one you had met a few times before <br />Gave you the ten dollars and asked did you need more <br />That this person is your friend you've come to realize <br />In life every day there is some new surprise <br />In retrospect in years from now you will recall <br />That those you thought were your friends not your friends after all <br />A lesson for us to be learned from life every day <br />Life is a great teacher it does seem that way.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-is-a-great-teacher/
