I flew far beyond the seven hills and four directions even to
the skies, the yellow moon, the white sun, and the silver
stars, in my search for a friend
I crossed the Himalayas and the Ganges and went far
beyond all the blue oceans in my search for a friend.
I looked inside caves, I looked inside caverns, I looked into
tunnels and gorges of darkness in search of a friend.
I have been to the poles and seen ice stalactites and
stalagmites in my search for a friend.
I fell in love in search of a friend and fell out of love in
search of a friend, thinking that friendship was the softness
of touch, of taste, of fragrance, of kisses, of embracing
hands.
I climbed mountains and crossed valleys, I walked plains
and I went past villages, towns, and cities in my search for a
genuine friend.
The ivy hung over the fence, the wisteria climbed the walls,
time went by like life and death came closer while I still
found no friend. I was no closer to finding a real, true
friend.
Till one day I realized I would never find a friend, the only
friend of the friendless is God and he teaches me to be the
friend, everyone's friend, and never to look for any friend.
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