Companion

Friendship and trust 

are factors of love,

it either makes or breaks.

Love you must dare not enter 

with hopes of forever, 

no matter what it takes.

Like quicksand in the marshes

are those feelings of dependence.

Want of more, and more with time –

there it may be,

love as promised: you and I.

A state of mind that’s quick to change

with passing days, maturity,

parting ways.

But a true companion is beyond

those bounds –

a friend you can trust,

that person who counts.