FRIENDSHIP
Poem for Today – August 22, 2014
LOYALTY
He may be six
kinds of a liar,
He may be ten
kinds of a fool,
He may be a wicked
highflyer
Beyond any reason
or rule;
There may be a
shadow above him
Of ruin and woes
to impend,
And I may not
respect, but I love him,
Because—well,
because he's my friend.
I know he has
faults by the billion,
But his faults are
a portion of him;
I know that his
record's vermilion
And he's far from
the sweet Seraphim;
But he's always
been square with yours truly,
Ready to give or
to lend,
And if he is wild
and unruly,
I like him—because
he's my friend.
I criticize him
but I do it
In just a frank,
comradely key,
And back-biting
gossips will rue it
If ever they knock him to me!
If ever they knock him to me!
I never make
diagrams of him,
No maps of his
soul have I penned;
I don't analyze—I
just love him,
Because—well,
because he's my friend.
© Berton Braley
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