Friendship

        Oh the comfort--the inexpressible comfort
        Of feeling safe with a person,
        Having neither to weigh thoughts,
        Nor measure words--but pouring them
        All right out--just as they are--
        Chaff and Grain together
        Certain that a faithful hand will
        Take and sift them--
        Keep what is worth keeping--
        And with the breath of kindness
        Blow the rest away.....