Dear Friend...

Friend - how sweet is the word,
- how sweet is the person.

A friend,
- adds meaning to my life,
- subtracts the fallacies in me,
- multiplies the joy & 
- divides the sorrows in me.

There were moments 
- when we lived for each other,
- when we craved and cried for each other,
- when we borrowed things and shared with each other,
- when we became culprits and took the beating,
- when I backstabbed you for which I feel sorry till this moment.

This joy, this laughter, this ephemeral moments,
All were robbed by the subtle 'time';
To remain as a play to be watched on the stage of our memories.

A candid shadow which follows where ever you go,
A mere reflection of thine wherever you look;
A friend endures you, embraces you, spreads fragrance and burns the evil in you to ashes.

A friend lives in you, becomes breath for your life.
Like the serene, phlegmatic, infinite sky,
Like the calm, deep lake is thy friendship with me.

Friends are rich and costly,
Have a number of friends but be certain of them,
Make new friends but don't forget the old for the saying goes "old is gold".