Farewell to a Friend

Whether you remain or wander,

I will be here still.

What is friendship but a safer haven

In which to dock and spill

Each second's moment in the sun,

Each wind's faint tapping at the sill?

I am the silent friend that watches,

Each day as you grow.

I need not have you to myself,

I do not own you, this I know;

Yet every other day I see,

Why it is I love you so:

You make me laugh and pout for shame,

You make me think at night;

As others fight and screem for space,

You simply shine your light;

And these cares that are not my own,

I'd fight for in your right.

Now I see you with that boy,

And soon not even there.

Yet we can still spend time, and laugh,

And say a special prayer,

While he is nice and kind to you

And you know what is fair.

I've found we are not simple beings,

With which to get along,

And I cannot watch myself agree,

With each new fad and song;

And we foght of live and love,

Though, mercy, not for long. 

And as the days are winding down,

'Till I won't see your smile,

I remember all the happy times,

And, too, when you're hostile;

And as you doze, I'll keep good watch,

Because I loved you all the while.