For a friend I write. For a friend I rhyme. For a friend I'll raise my pen And show her things I find A little pleasing, kind and sweet; Though my heart broke down In successive trilogy: The love, the life and the soul On someone else I've known Ages and ages ago.
A poem you say, This is all I could give - A little stale in verses, A little plain in creed: "A friend of mine, you've always been. A friend I'll always crave. A friend that brightens my day And brings me smiles and ease!" But I can scribe no more. These verses are all fed up. My timid brain, my wounded heart, Has left me torn apart.
Of all the things, I ask of you, Am I the one to know That love devours completely When once the truth unfolds? Fathom it well, I know you can. You know how women think When one says to a desperate lad: "Go away, for heaven's sake!"
Now I'll end it all here. I'm tired, though a bit restless. Thanks for sparing some precious time To hear my hopeless crisis. I'll end it all with a heavy heart And hope you'll understand That my rhyme has not yet come To scribe the Fairy Lands.