being a friend is easy,……………………until you have to do something

until you have to tell your friend that his partner is unfaithful

until then being a friend is easy

when you have to set with a friend while they wait to hear if their mother or father survived the operation

until you have to try to explain why the doctors can’t operate on the dog they have had ever since they got sober

until then being a friend is easy

when you get a phone call from a friend and they tell you they haven’t drawn a sober breathe in a month, and you tell them you are taking them to detox

up until then being a friend was easy

when a letter comes in the mail, anonymously and it informs you that a friend is into the company he works for, to the tune of over $100,000

until then being a friend was easy

so in reality we are all just acquaintances, until the damn breaks, the walls fall down, the world  blows up and until we have to sit in the trenches, put on the bandages , and wade through the suffering hand  in hand, arm in arm

up until then being a friend was easy, but until then we are just acquaintances

being a friend requires commitment, you declare a friendship be ready to wade through the mire, because life is just like that

being a friend is easy,………..until you have to do something