A Good Friend ? ? ?

Flowers BLOOM but wither away
Leaves are GREEN BUT dry away
Fruits are RIPE but rot away
Steel SHINES but rusts away

A GOOD FRIEND in your life?
Makes your life BLOOM with joy,
keeps it GREENER each day,
you feel RIPENED with him/her,
and you SHINE like a star!!!

Friendship never EXPIRES,
A friend does not WITHER just like that,
days are not DRY when he/she is around,
your name/fame is not ROTTEN because of him/her,
and never will you feel the RUST with a GOOD FRIEND!

And I know all this because of a FRIEND like you!!!

- Shethra M. Santhanam