FRIENDS INSTEAD OF LOVERS

Friends instead of lovers
Mates to share the day
We’d listen to each other
And brush the blues away.

Friends instead of lovers
Pals the night to share
We could talk all night together
And know the other cared.

The flame of passion dying
You turn your back on me
And leave me sighing, sighing,
For a love not meant to be.

Friends instead of lovers
The day and nights to share
Till love again embraces us
My silent, lonely prayer

                                      © Helen Catherine Cramer

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