I would have been a better friend
If time had worn me not alone.
Though friendships' bonds frayed past their end,
I could have been a better friend.
While sullen years apart did spend
Life; Life again your faith has shown
I should have been a better friend,
But time bore me too long alone.
David Zvekic
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-better-friend/
