Despair

Fear not hopelessness
                           nor doubt.
              For We breathe in,
              And We breath out;
And Sadness--
              Can damn well wait,
                                             While we two walkabout.
Every laugh and smile,
                           precious havens from despair;

Every little while we smile away,
                         It takes us there.
There, where being together
                                         is being
                                                      not so very far apart.
For being friends
              is a victory of heart
                     and a centeredness and start.
                             where the measure's of our mark
                                                            and in the manner
                                                                         of our own
                                                                               choosing.
                       
                            For we are friends,
                            each the lifting half
                            of the other's bad day.
                            Both the strength
                            of each other
                            and the proof of
                            one another's
                            concept.