For Valerie
Of all the riches found beneath the sun
That sweeten life, and strengthen us to bear
Our griefs and sorrows, friendship is the one
We treasure most – as vital as the air.
Friendship is a light-filled jewel, rare
And sacred, blazing more when day is done
And darkness comes – the answer to a prayer
Before the prayer has even been begun.
Though such a jewel be buried in the sand
For years, forgotten, lost to every eye,
It never fades; it merely waits the hand
That digs it up and mounts it in the sky.
And so once more this jewel sends forth its light,
And darkness bends before its gentle might.
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