"More Than A Friend?"

You have always loved me,
forever, come what may,
even through the times
when I pushed that love away,
and you took the harsh cold words
when I told you to your face
that I loved somebody else
and you could never take his place,

Still you wouldn`t turn your back
and walk away from me
telling me you were my friend
and you would always be.
then my love he left me,
he broke my heart in two
and of course you were the first one
that I went running to.

as always you welcomed me,
with open arms and heart
listening and comforting
as I cried and fell apart.
doing what you do so well,
giving loving words and care,
reminding me that you loved me
and always would be there

and what did I do in return?...
told you to get out of my life
that I didn`t want your pressure,
didn`t need this strife,
never stopping to realise
I was making you cry too
too wrapped up in myself,
to give a thought to you

still you didn`t spurn me,
unbelievable but true
and said you`d be there waiting
if I ever needed you
yesterday we talked,
you had been gone a while
and when I saw you had come back
I couldn`t help my smile

as we sat there talking,
it hit me suddenly
that no-one in this world will love me
the way that you love me
and then I felt a feeling,
one I had not felt before
you had always been my friend,
but now it felt like more,

when I shyly told you this,
you could not believe at first
then you told me you were so happy
that you thought that you would burst!
the next words that you said
were so typical of you...
"we will take this slow
you have been hurt so very badly
and need some time I know"

this is very true
and I`m still grieving from the past
but I know this time is different,
because I know YOUR love will last.

©2003 LCB