without them, who would give me courage
who’d give me faith
worth
strength
to fight
to do what’s right
to live
and not let me die
and if I chose to die, they’d be holding my hand

without them, I’d be nobody
I’d be stranded on this planet
with no caring heart
alone with my own
with no one to share it with

without them, who’d help me see light
in the darkness
and brighten what’s dim
make fun in the lame
and calm me from distress
who’d dry my tears
when they seem to never stop flowing
my soul dances in thanks
to my dearest friends who always are
and always will be