I Tried to be Your Friend

6. October 2009 by PawBill.

The words below came to me early one morning many years ago. While I was lying in my bed somewhat asleep, I kept going over and over them in my mind.  I finally got up and wrote them down.  Why they came to me then, I do not know. And why I recently thought of them again, I do not know. What they mean, I do not know.  Who the friend is, I do not know.  What the meaning is, I do not know.  It is the only “poetic” moment I have ever had although I do have song lines that come to me often.

The words were meant for someone, and they may have been meant for you.  Are you lonely, without a friend, discouraged and needing to be loved?  If so, Jesus loves you and can give you peace.  Seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you.    

I Tried to be a Friend*

 

By

Paw Bill

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I tried to be a friend, you know,

But never having had a friend,

Nor never having been a friend,

My naiveté I did show. 

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But life goes on like memories pass,

And though the years have slowly passed,

Thoughts of you bring back the past,

Of times with you I thought would last.

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But my life was changed by you,

And I’ll be ever grateful to,

The memories that I have of you,

Of times with you I thought might pass.

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If I could but be a friend,

With teary eyes I’ve often thought,

Why all my life I’ve been distraught,

Of why no one will be my friend.

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Life alone I’ve always lived,

And now my life is nearing end,

Who knows what might have been,

If only I had been a friend,

If only I had, had a friend,

I tried to be a your friend, you know. 

 

*Unedited version as remembered.

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