Someone you can count on,
Through thick and thin, they will always be there.
Someone who can count on you,
No matter what, you will always care.

Someone you can talk to,
Tell your secrets, admit your fears.
Someone who can talk to you,
Always listening, with open ears.

Someone you can trust,
Keep your secrets, look out for you.
Someone who can trust you,
Keep their secrets, look out for them too.

Someone who is loyal,
Forgetting risks, they won't turn on you.
Someone you can be loyal to,
through it all, you remain true.

This is what friendship means to me,
The only way it should be.
For without these eight simple things,
How can it be a true friendship?

Shawna K. Whaley