Acquaintances are many but friends are very rare <br />For with a true and trusting friend your secrets you can share <br />Your friend will comfort you and advise you and you will not betray <br />Your friend will never disown you and as your friend will stay <br />When others do not wish to know you your friend as your friend remain <br />And feel lucky in your lifetime if one loyal friend you gain <br />Your friend will always stand by you no matter come what may <br />And when you ask your friend for help your friend will not turn you away <br />No your friend will stand by you when you are feeling down <br />When others shun you as if you were an outcast of the town <br />Acquaintances like Nature's Seasons they come to your life and go <br />But your friend a friend for lifetime and the bond of friendship grow <br />And the one who betrays your trust could never be your friend <br />Your friend to you is ever true and one on whom you can depend.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-friend-a-friend-for-lifetime/
