A friend I can not hug, <br />a friend I can not touch, <br />a friend I can not see smile <br />unless in frozen stills of time. <br /> <br />A friend that listens with eyes, <br />a friend that talks with fingers, <br />a friend that lets you glimpse its heart <br />from a thousand miles apart. <br /> <br />Such a feeble sustenance <br />for such a needed substance. <br />As a fire needs wood, <br />so does one needs friends. <br /> <br />But how can fire two twigs apart burn <br />without no space across to run? <br /> <br />(2007-09-21)<br /><br />Pedro Nuno Dias<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-friend-apart/
