Could you be a friend? (Poem)

 

Who is your genuine friend? A friend everlasting.

Confidant whose trust and company longlasting

Who you are acquainted with since you're young?

Not bothersome even at your slips of the tongue

Or a person who holds your deep secrets now?

A newbie but faithfully with you honoring a vow

Or who when you are together initiates a spark?

Fun, compelling - others pass not such benchmark.

Or who saved you previously, but currently gone?

From being present to swiftly quiet and withdrawn

Or who is there, available but we opt not to talk?

Positive yet communication reaching deadlock.

Or who's different, deviant but still cares for us

Contrasting behaviours, but open. That is a plus.

Or who is like you? But chooses you not first

Annoying, such a heartache that feels to burst

Or who is there constantly when you need them

Not buts and ifs, present and near. That is a gem.

Or who you select to be with you though sadly absent

Treating you inferior and unworthy like a fragment

Or who you can call and meet up in a moment

Stand with you instantly against an opponent

Or who can be distant yet understands you well

Closely-knitted, tough to bid each other farewell

Is a friend indeed more indispensable than family?

Or is it our family who knows us better naturally?

Who we can trust like our own but not in blood

Protecting even wallowing with you in dirty mud.

But they don't know you well, thus could disappear

Instead of protecting you, harming you in severe

Or could break your trust, ceasing to be a friend

Sadly, there is no more future together to spend.