~ Pondering The Particulars Of Friendship ~

Rare is the friend who faithfully
Stands by a friend through all their trials,
When we find this pearl within another
All effort becomes worthwhile,
When we look deeply into each other
And find a different color or opinion
It's as though a mirror is showing us
Something special to believe in,
Often it's a reflection of ourselves
That first frightens us,
And it's only a friend that can
Turn our heads to enlighten us,
How wonderful and peaceful a feeling
When we begin to trust,
Morphing selfishness in to things 
We rush to our friend to discuss,
And oh the conversations
That come so trippingly off the tongue,
That when a friend is there to challenge you
And bargaining has begun,
The magic of ideas and plans being made
For things yet to come,
Stirs the powers of the soul
Changing ideas into passions,
A mind boggling whirl
Of inspirations and contemplations,
Exchanged between to living souls
In never ending negotiations,
A most happy fencing match
With two separate points of view,
Boiling down to simplicity,
And the kindly acceptance,
Of just,
Saying,
I Love You....