More Than A Friend
Hello girl.
I see your back in town again.
When you left
you only called me a good friend.
Tell me girl.
Your several ages older now.
Have you learned,
maybe it was more somehow.
I’ve heard tell
you’ve had several boyfriends since.
Could be now
you understand just what I meant.
When I said
It will all come back to you.
Then you’ll think
maybe I have not been the fool.
We had something that would never end.
A relationship upon which you could depend.
I was there helping your heart to mend.
There for the hard times again and again.
If you only knew, I was so much more than a friend.
Tell me girl
you’ve been burned, or so I have heard.
It hurts girl.
For that I have no helping word.
Could it be
you came home so you could lean on me?
I heard girl
you’ve gone through hell , despite your charms.
Did you miss
the comfort you felt snuggled in my arms?
Can you see
that maybe it was meant to be.
You ran away
when what you wanted was here to stay.
Your faithful friend,
and so much more along the way.
We had something that would never end.
A relationship upon which you could depend.
I was there to help your heart to mend.
There for the hard times again and again.
If you only knew, I was so much more than a friend.
—————————————————–R. W. Johnson——(2011)