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Submitted by ~Harem~
Date: 2001 Jul 02
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The Friend Who Just Stands By

When trouble comes your soul to try
You love the friend who just "stands by",
Perhaps there's nothing he can do -----
The thing is strictly up to you;
For there are troubles all your own,
And paths the soul must tread alone;
Times when love cannot smooth the road
Nor friendship lift the heavy load,
But just to know you have a friend
Who will "stand by" until the end,
Whose sympathy through all endures,
Whose warm hand clasp is always yours ----
It helps, someway, to pull you through,
Although there's nothing he can do.
And so with fervent heart you cry,
"God bless the friend who just 'stands by'!"

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Sometimes you don't want an answer
But only someone to listen.....
To let you get it off your chest
by just being there....
doing nothing......
But giving you a shoulder to cry on...
A hand to hold....
Or an ear to listen....