FRIENDSHIP.......


Each of us has a hidden place
Somewhere deep within ourselves,
A place where we go to get away
To think things through,
To be alone, to be ourselves.

This unique place where we confront our deepest feelings,
Becomes a storehouse of all our hopes,
All our needs, all our dreams,
And even our unspoken fears.
It encompasses the essence of who we are and what we want.

But now and then, whether by chance or design,
Someone discovers a way into that place we thought was ours alone
And we allow that person to see, to feel and to share
All the reason, all the uncertainty
And all the emotions we've stored up there.

That person adds new perspective to our hidden realm
Then quietly settles down in his own corner of a special place,
Where a bit of himself will stay forever.

And we call that person a FRIEND.