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Can I?

Can I belong and yet not have chains; Can I be free and yet not an orphan; Can I be a vagrant and yet not an outcaste; Can I ever be alone and yet not lonely?

A friend

Sometimes you need a friend, Who’ll just stand there and smile. He doesn’t have to be a shoulder to cry on For your own shoulder’s good enough. He doesn’t have to be a philosopher-guide Ready with advice, consolation, Empathy, sympathy, compassion Or other meaningless words; You’re capable of them yourself. He doesn’t have to be an all-weather Friend of the kind that is ready with money When you need it, for you don’t. Sometimes you need a different kind of friend. Who’ll just stand there and smile. Who’s there to remind you that life Isn’t a project to deliver and win rewards for. That life isn’t for a higher purpose Or for sacrifice to a loved one Or to be spent away in unceasing, boundless pleasure. Who’s there to remind you that life just is To be taken one day at a time. That kind of friend doesn’t say or do anything. He just stands there and smiles. His life is perhaps worse than yours And also better than yours. For there is no covetousness, or fear Or strategy or bohemian vagra