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You have been a mainstay in my life
In the ups and ups
Downs and still lower downs
Helping
Sometimes abetting
I have to fess up
I haven’t always told the truth
And I wonder if you’ve known
To let it be
Because you already knew
I have lied to you
Undoubtedly in thought
In a looking glance or none at all
By omission in silence and inaction
Deliberately in word and deed
I have lied to you
To shield you from hurt
Or to shield myself
I’ve known not which
Because sometimes the truth would not serve
I have let some lies live
And killed others
When their lyingness was done
Or they were not enough
For the truth was better
I’ve hurt you
By accident
And in shame deliberately
And seen its harm
And I am sorry
I have quarrelled
With you
For you
And for me
Apologised and forgiven
I am glad when you succeed
I applaud
Grateful to be present
To witness in your joy
To share in your achievement
I look to you
Your thoughts and opinions
Are of value to me
Your views and estimations
They matter to me
You give you to me
In time and advice
Action and feat
In times of need
Fears and distress
You seek for what is good for me
Opportunities and ideas
Cheer my schemes
Hold me accountable
Praise me for achievements
You chide me out of doldrums
And hurry me up along
A heave when I need it
Getting me out of a rut
Setting me on to the path again
You tender my failures
Wait for me through my denial
Never an “I told you so”
But educate me the lessons
And what to carry from there with me
Sometimes you are there
Occasionally you are not
Oft times I turn to you
Now and then you seek me out
A constant
Because even in your absence
I know that you hold me up
In prayer
And in hope
What more need I
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