Old Friends

To have a warm and a faithful friend who cheers in an adverse hour Is the gift you never wish offend to inherit life's great dower

Daughter Aris and friends

Old friends are the best of treasures

they say the kindest things of us

Amidst rebuke they bring pleasures

our deepest thoughts they will discuss

 

We look to them for a gracious tongue

they guard dear our own dignity

Upon shoulders hopes and fears hung

that boost our own ability

 

To have a warm and faithful friend

who cheers in the adverse hour

Is that you never wish offend

to inherit life's great dower

 

To some I think I am a pain

but most my friends don't seem to mind

They know it is because I am vain

though to them I am always kind

 

We all have little faults it seems

may they not be large in measure

My friends are those which make the dreams

not a struggle but a pleasure

 

Author's Note

I have always been exceptionally grateful for the few friends I could count on one hand.They are the ones that renew my faith and give my life dignity. The picture is of my daughter and two friends.Two with whom she is still friends. She is in her 4th year of college with Emily her room mate pictured in the back.

Reviews

[MichelleClay]

Oh brilliant job Tate this has to be one if favourites!

[Sara Mercury]

Very nice. I am glad you have true friends. In my older years, I've fallen out with nearly all of mine. Why is it some people have true friends and others have only people around them who always seem to be protecting their own interests?

Very good poem.

[Cassandra D.]

omg i really loved the ending!!!
i loved the rhyming play u got here.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

My real friends count three.. I have many who are fair weather friends.
I like your poem and agree we all have faults but a true friend knows us and looks over them... as we do their's.
That picture is priceless and I hope they stay friends forever...
Beautifully written , great sentiments.

Chloe

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Great song to go alone with an excellent poem! True friends are the ones you can count on through the good and bad times of life!

[KAREN]

I agree, old friends are the best! Like the old saying goes, make new friends but keep the old, one is sliver and the other gold! Excellent write!

[The Analog Kid]

Yeah, it seems I can count on one hand myself the tried and true friends from when I was 14 or so. I just talked to my best bud earlier. As a guy, I don't need people a lot. I need these few loyal ones though. Great song selection...

[Tommy]

You know who your true friends are there for you on the day you move your home from one place to another. This is another classic by the likes of you!

Great Write Tate!
RLG,
Tommy