A Dedication To Friends -poem by 'Nisha JamVwal' on Friendship

I dedicate this poem to my friends, I wrote it for you, you who have been with me through all the rapids, the highs, the beauty and the sometimes not so beautiful, my reactionary A type personality, I am delighted to have you in my life.
If I haven't said it before....
Then
THANK YOU!


"FRIENDSHIP IS FULL OF HAPPINESS & STRIFE,

THAT IS PART OF THE GROWTH OF ITS LIFE.

THE CRUSHING MAKES FOR A FULL BODIED FEEL,
A HULL, A STRUCTURE - AN UNBREAKABLE KEEL!
SOMETIMES YOU AWAKEN YOU QUESTION ITS THREAD,
YOU ASK , YOU WONDER, YOU MEASURE THE TREAD,
SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU SENSE A DREAD!
OF DARKNESS & CONFUSION,
ITS SCREWING YOUR HEAD!


& THEN YOU KNOW THATS PART OF THE DRIVE-
THE UPS , THE DOWNS , THE HILLS, THE HIGHS,
YOU KNOW THEN MY FRIEND, I REALIZED ITS THE STRIFE-
ITS ALL THAT & MORE UPON WHICH IT THRIVES
THANK GOD FRIENDSHIP IS ALL THIS AND MORE,
OR BUDDIES ITSELF WOULD BE A BORE,
THERE'S THRILL IN THE TRIBULATION, THE TWIST AND BEND
AS LONG AS WE GET IT RIGHT IN THE END!


WHO SAID FRIENDSHIP MUST BE THE LIGHT
SOMETIMES THERE'S DARKNESS, SOMETIMES A FIGHT
BUT FRIENDSHIP MUST BE AN INNER LOVE

DEEPLY FELT AS A GIFT FROM THE HEAVEN ABOVE.


I HAVE THAT IN ME TO FEEL THIS AND MORE
LIFE HAS GIVEN ME THAT DEPTH TO THE CORE

ITS A GIFT & SOMETIMES A SORE
TO FEEL SO DEEP LIKE A TURBULENT SHORE


BUT SOMETIMES YOU MEET SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND
& YET YOU ARE LATE TO SEE THAT AND KNOW
YOU ASK YOURSELF & YOU PULL BACK YOUR HAND.
& THEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES ITS CLEAR AS THE SNOW
YOU SEE ALL IN A FLASH AND YOU WAKE UP AND STAND


YOU SEE REALITY HIT YOU LIKE A FLASH
& YOU SAY, VOILA! THIS BACKLASH
ITS ONLY THE TEST,
HOW COULDN'T I SEE!
LET ME RIGHT IT, AT THIS HEARTS BEHEST!!


Nisha JamVwal