'Thee and Me'

You came from a world that was unknown to me

As a child your life could never mine be

You had everything money could buy

Never needed to cheat, never needed to lie

Never needed to worry of food on a plate

Never faced up to a world full of hate

Could have owned all the world, and the heavens above

Had everything….except love!

I came from a world so much different to you

No money to waste and privileges few.

Grew up in a family that filled me with pride

Knew when to fight, knew when to hide.

Understood sorrow, understood joy

Knew what it meant to become man from boy.

Learnt how to push and learnt how to shove

But mostly…learnt about love!

Our two worlds collided, you thought of me brash

I thought you too proud to do anything rash

You were quiet and studious, had it all on a plate

You were always on time, but me always late.

I envied the way the world fell at your feet

You envied the way I could handle the street

Yet you offered friendship with no strings attached

I took it, so started this long lasting match

Together we stood against all they could throw

What held us together no-one really knew

Gradually two wove almost to one

Became interwoven two hearts beat as one

Became best of friends though worlds apart

A friendship whose progress nobody could chart

A friendship designed in the heavens above

A friendship born out of love.