ONLINE FRIEND
I have a little group of friends,
As dear as they can be.
I love them all, but sad to say,
Most I'll never get to see.
The only claim I have is that
When I feel sad, alone or blue,
I get on line,
Play wav's and chat.
And maybe find someone
who feels it too.
They give love
And support,
Opinions and such,
Which I can take or ponder much,
But...sometimes I round a bend
And Lo!! I'll make a brand new friend.
Feel bad, or sad?
Just plain sick?
Got an attitude or habit
You want to kick?
"Its ok", your friends will say,
"We've all been there before,
A time or two, just like you".
We know the ups, the downs,
The highs, the lows,
The "I-could-kill-that-so-n-so's".
The pain and strain,
Of getting through
The leave-takings without adieu.
We've seen it all, the
been-theres done-thats,
We've worn all the different hats,
That makes us each uniquely "us",
And when we want to make a fuss,
We come online and find
The equalizers,
The friends, who become
our sympathizers,
Who know,
And feel,
And wish,
And pray,
When you both know there
is nothing more to say--
But an online friend
Will say it anyway.
RAINBOW OF FRIENDSHIP
It takes both sunshine and rain to make
rainbows, thats true...
Alas, my rainbow was colorless til Ifound
a friend in you!
Now you've added sparkle and shine,
My rainbow is brighter and your friendshine
is mine!
I will do as that which is done,
I'll treasure your friendship
like a flower does sun!
And in return, I'll color your world as friends will do,
we'll create a perfect rainbow, that started with you!
Makes no matter, a pot of gold,
I'll be your friend til we're both very old.
And when we shine, as friends always will,
Our rainbow of friendship will be brighter still.
No matter the sun, no matter the rain...
Our friendship will shine
and our rainbow will gain!
We'll build our rainbow, on trust and love,
Growing and adding more colors from above!
We'll find new friends,
and build many more dreams,
Our rainbow of friendship
neverending it seems!
For now, we start, just you and I,
Friends forever, til we become colors in the sky!
by B. Ward
June, 1998