The Best of Friends

The best of friends
the ones you can count
when the chips are down
and the every day is tough

When hope fills our lives in a moment
and our dreams are crushed in the next
the best of friends will be there
and will not leave till the end

When lost and alone
abandoned on the island of gray
the best of friends will find you
they will drag you home

These best of friends are flawed
mistakes and scars, visible from afar
perhaps rough around the edges
perhaps a little strange to the world

But you will know who they really are
when the sweet and kind ones disappear
as the going gets tough
and the few remain, the real, the brave

So cherish them that stay
and fight by your side
forgive them their flaws
walk arm in arm

We are all so in need
for those that are the best of friends
but I see the secret
real people are imperfect

We will find the best of friends
dancing among the realities
they will love us despite us
as He did it first