BEST FRIENDS


 Do you remember them, those left behind as a child?


 You ran under the sun, played until the day was done.


 Games played on a long ago Summer day, old friends 
 Here today,

 There are times when great friends become strangers lost 
 In the background.

 Again as our journey moves on a stranger we meet may turn 
 Into that best friend,

 For just a moment in your life, a best friend passes by, 
 Another is best friend forever.

 What are best friends? there is a connection, something 
 That brings us together,

 Just as any relationship it may grow or crumble with time, 
 Give and take, to learn.

 To be best friends with anyone in this life is a precious  
 And valuable gift, take hold,

 Best friends I had once upon a time in a town surrounded 
 By hills and trees.

 It was a reality for me at a time when I really needed it, 
 Today they are everywhere,

 Some are closer than I did believe, others now a part of the  
 Breeze, maybe the sea.

 Best friends from here and there, now and then, maybe, 
 Again and again.

                                Keith Garrett