Friend ... the word alone lifts me over a thousand winds,

Defying rain or storm with a song,

Because I feel the magnificence of a love nurtured

By mutual understanding, by sharing, giving, receiving.

For what is there in the touch of a friend that draws one

To overcome the pains of remembered time,

Or the frustrations of an endless searching?

Only your smile thrown in my lightless direction,

Only your sweet, comforting voice,

Can turn my every hope to fulfillment.