31. ✿ Portrait of a Friend ✿

"Portrait of a Friend"

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, 

or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will 

search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, 

nor the future with its untold stories. 

But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling. 

I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; 

Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge; 

I can only support you, encourage you, 

and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, 

from your values, from me. 

I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you, 

But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, 

room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting, 

But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces 

and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are. 

I can only love you and be your friend.

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