True friends listen to your fears
when the chips are down.
They stand by you in your pain,
when everyone else scatters.
They take you for who you are
& don't pass judgment.

They cry when you cry.
They laugh when you laugh.
Sometimes they cry when you laugh,
sometimes they laugh when you cry.
Friends don't feed you illicit drugs,
they don't chug your weakness with you,
or fill you with self-doubt.

They stay true.
They pick you up
in turbulent times.
They face the wind with
you in the good times.
No matter what,
they believe in you.

And they do it unselfishly.
They do it with real
genuine love,
not that synthetic kind,
the kind
most people use
all of the time.