F R I E N D S H I P

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 to be.

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 emotion we've stored up there.

That person adds new perspective to our hidden realm

Then quickly settles down in his own corner

of our special place,

Where a bit of himself will stay forever.

And we call that person a FRIEND...