How can I define a friendship
That lasts throughout the years
It is a loving comforting sure grip
Made of laughter and of tears.
Our differences were clear to see
In oh so many obvious ways
And while we often did disagree
We got through every maze.
I speak of you in present tense
Which others think most odd
Yet you would have a defense
Of life's endless esplanade.
Others remind me that you died
Yet they are so totally unaware
That you are always at my side
For I sense that you are there.
It is illogical and yet so human
To want to hold onto that one
So special and one whom in
Times of doubt would not shun.
I stand alone now, gazing into space
Having been jolted as though we are apart
I hear you say "Jim, I'm in the right place
Where I am a memory store in you heart."
When asked to define our special friendship
I say I hope that they find the very same
One who in times of need and real hardship
Did not need to be called they just came.