A Friend In Need Poem by Gabrielle Ciarann Roniyah Baer

There comes a time in every life,
When you simply, freely have to admit,
You aren't doing this alone,
You never did this on your own,
And you never will.

There comes an hour in every night,
When the choice comes down to braving it out,
or seeking the comfort, the counsel of friends,
asking for their thoughts,
their quiet strength,
their cooler heads, their help.

There comes a moment in every day,
When you've done everything you can,
and you know
the task must be completed
and you know
the task will be completed,
by other hands.

There comes a day in every life,
When you see there's no going back
not from the path you're already on,
not from the way you chose,
not from the light in a close friend's eyes,
not if peace is the prize you seek.

And so you give up the task,
And so you turn from the path,
And so you bequeath all you have,
And so you leave all behind,
This is the last step on your Way,
And so you rest,
carried safely in one woman's heart,
until it beats next to yours again.



(written in 2003)