my friend...

To you, my friend

We knew we'd be friends right from the start
drawn together in a new beginning.
Like newly hatched birds learning to fly
we grew together, you and I.

Always looking ahead
for some new adventure.
Carefree and young
we thought we had forever.

But those school days flew by
those days of books and boys.
We learned; we laughed; we lived; we cried
as if we were each a part of the other.

Now comes the day when we must part
you're gone, but just for a while.
For some day ahead, I know
I'll again greet your smile.

                              april