Dear friend,

Thank you for making a difference in my life. For listening when there's no one to talk to. For keeping me company. For just being there.

Your friend.

Friendship

Friendship follows nature's diction,
Shuns the blandishments of art,
Boldly severs truth from fiction,
Speaks the language of the heart.

Friendship favors no condition,
Scorns a narrow-minded creed,
Lovingly fulfills its mission,
Be it word or be it deed.

Friendship cheers the faint and weary,
Makes the timid spirit brave,
Warns the erring, lights the dreary,
Smooths the passage to the grave.

Friendship -- pure, unselfish friendship,
All through lifes alloted span,
Nurtures, strengthens, widens, lengthens,
Man's relationship with man.

William Butler Yeats