A FRIEND
A TRUE FRIEND IS AS A FLOWER BLOOMING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. SOME OPEN FROM THE BUD GRADUALLY, OTHERS, OPEN WIDE, TO OUR SURPRISE.
THE FLOWERS ARE OF MANY DIFFERENT HUES, SO OUR FRIENDS TOO, AS WE FIND, THEY HAVE MYRIAD'S OF PERSONALITIES, ALWAYS ALERT, COMPASSIONATE AND KIND.
THEY ARE OF DIFFERENT SHAPES AND COLORS, SOME SMALL, SOME LARGE AND IN BETWEEN, EACH ONE IS INDIVIDUALLY LOVELY, AS ARE THE GLORIOUS EVERGREENS.
A FRIEND IS AS A BEAUTIFUL JEWEL, ALL SPARKLING, AND SO BRIGHT. EACH ONE A MOST PRECIOUS GEM, FOR FRIENDS ARE A PRICELESS SIGHT.
A FRIEND IS AS A FLOWER OPENING BRIGHTLY UNTO THE WIND, IT TAKES A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE FOR FRIENDSHIPS TO BEGIN.
YET, THEY ARE EVER SO WONDERFUL, THEY ARE A MAGNIFICENT GIFT, TRUE FRIENDS ARE VERY HARD TO FIND, AND ALWAYS SEEKING TO UPLIFT.
A TRUE FRIEND DOES TELL THE TRUTH, NO MATTER WHAT THE TIME, FOR TRUE FRIENDS CAN BE TRUSTED, AND YOU ARE ONE OF MINE.
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