ON THE RIVER

MY BEST FRIEND

The Distance less traveled is a road of shattered dreams
The pain and sorrows left behind are backward flowing streams
You go through life imagining all the things you want
But before you understand them all they?ll do is haunt

I been alive for 20 years I watched them come and go
And here I sit again my friend not having any to hold
So take my word I mean you well embrace your life right now
For right before your weary eyes, you?ll wonder when and how.

I made mistakes throughout my life, I?ve tried to make them right
But each and every time I try I end up here at night
I can?t explain the way things work I just know that they are
Don?t look too much ahead of you, you may just look too far

Love is another option, you?ll have throughout your life
But always keep in mind my friend; it can hurt much like a knife
It can wake you every morning, or put you in your grave
Everyone must take that fall, just stand there and be brave

At some point in your life, you?ll find a special friend
One that disregards your flaws and loves you till the end
Don?t confuse the love you feel it?s different than before
Hold on tight to what it is, letting go will make you poor

A best friend in my eyes Is much more than friend
Its understanding, loyalty, dedication to the end
Its long car rides, swings and slides, its ice cream late at night
It?s sharing thoughts, and frozen drinks, it?s that petty little fight

My friend I share these feelings to let you know I care
I?d never turn my back on you, not even on a dare
So understand this one last thing before I say goodbye
I made this poem just for you, my best friend till I die?

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Take a glance back into your past, think of those friends, now ask yourself where are they now? What part did those friends have in your life, there so many types of friends that come and go through out our lives. Some friends will stay with you through out your life, those friends are the ones that with hesitation offer a hand or a ear to listen when you need to talk, a shoulder to cry on, a hug to comfort you when you just need to know its going to be alright. They don't judge you but instead just offer you advice, those friends I like to consider them as root friends they become intertwined through out our life. Other friends that come into our lives if you think back, are the ones we hung around with just to see something different or just something that was outside our normal realm, I like to refer to those friends as changers meaning by hanging with them we gain feelings and understanding of a different crowd of friends. Then you have friends that come into your life hang around just long enough to get us out of the rut we were stuck in or allow us to see that which we were blind to. then as soon as we get back on our feet they leave just as quick as they came into our lives just like the seasons. How I like to think of it , I feel God puts people into our lives at certain times where he knows we will need a hand, none of our lives are perfect so we all run into the ruts and holes where we feel that we will never get ahead or out of the holes we are in, when this happens it never fails that we seem to get more depressed by the day, that's when God put those friends in our path to help see what we couldn't and help us through the bumpy roads, sometimes the way out is easier when you allow the guide ness of Gods hand through those that come across our paths.

Posted in Life