Don't say that I'm the answer to your prayers,

'Cause I have so many unanswered one's of my own.

I can't be your all-consuming esteem booster,

because it's something that has to come from within you,

'Cause I'm still working on my own imperfections.

Yet,  we can share our unfinished-ness sometimes.

As our friendship goes, we can do it up just fine,

by sharing little things, and boundless dreams now and then.

We can be sounding boards for each other's plans,

and a kind thought or two after we part ain't bad,

But neither of us should be consumed in the bond-fire of  "too-much-too-soon,"

Because adding a whole lotta tinder, sparks good and burns red hot for awhile,

then gets smothered in gray ash disappointment...

the last thing I ever want to see in your eyes.

bjd