A Friend (The Valentine's Day Poem)

A friend to light a candle
When darkness overcomes .
A friend to hold you closer
When distant thunder drums .

A friend to gently tie you
When sirens sing your name .
A friend with words to soothe you
When life's a losing game .

A friend to cool your passions
When passions take their hold .
A friend to warm you gently
When a frozen heart's too cold .

A friend to spread contentment
As season's wax and wane .
Make sense of love's confusion ,
And bear life's grief and pain .

A friend who knows this season
Of love , both yours and mine .
A friend , another reason ,
To send this Valentine .


GREENWOLFE 1962