FRIEND WHO IS TRUE !!


A friend who is true is possibly the best gift anyone can ask for and maybe I was looking for someone, sometime. This is one of my really old poems that I had the pleasure of finding written in margins of an even older book. While reading it now I wondered if I was still searching for that elusive best friend. And the one word answer is NO :) because I guess I made myself, my best friend. And I believe that liberates one from a plethora of pretenses, setting you free to enjoy your life the way you would want to.


















In darkness your face was a shadow
I wandered everywhere to locate you
I kept on looking, searching and roving
Trying hard to find a friend who is true.

Sometimes the darkness fooled my eyes
Other times I was blinded by bright light
I kept on looking, searching and roving
Looking for you somewhere in my sight.

Tears were streaming down my face
And the dark clouds had already flown
I kept on looking, searching and roving
Wondering if answers, all along I had known.

And as in the pain you moved on
Slowly the distance between us grew
I kept on looking, searching and roving
Trying to find a friend who is true.

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