Old Friends

Scriptures


At times I forget and I don't see you
I love your words and I know they're true
As the days go by, I put you by the side
I said I'd read you today but I lied

The weeks pass and I want to read you
Yet when I look, you're a stranger to view
I stare with longing but I'm filled with fear
My hands are too big and I feel a tear

How I long to just read and to touch
I miss what I know I love so much
But a voice whispers it can't be the same
It whispers that things will feel dull and lame

It feels like we're old friends years separated
I can't be sure whether I'm loved or hated
The memories of the past are stronger
I find I can not resist any longer

My swollen hands pick you up carefully
My hands shake and tremble fearfully
Clumsily I ruffle through your pages
Once again I travel through the ages

My hands find a strength I thought I lost
My fears melt away like morning frost
Inside I find a hunger to read more
How could I ever think this was a chore?

How good it feels to be with my friend
I wish our time together would't end
As I read aloud I realize with a start
My friend and I must never really part

The more I read
The more I'm me