I am in a desperate search to find what I am looking for.
	It’s not gold, money or material things that I seek.
	It is the love and kindness that you get from a friend---
	The kind that sometimes leaves youunable to speak.

	I try to always be kind, though I often mess things up.
	I try to treat others in a nice and respectful way.
	I am a bit old fashioned and I am looking for a person
	Who can love me despite my faults, and be my friend day 
               after day.

	I have always had trouble keeping friends.
	I seem to do everything wrong.
	I guess I try too hard to make them love me---
	I get too attatched, and the friendship doesn’t last long.

	I’ve heard that you cannot make someone love you.
	Just be yourself and let nature take it’s course.
	But still I go on trying despite the warning.
	Then I stumble, I fall, and I feel nothing but remorse.

	It seems that what I am looking for
	Shouldn’t be that hard to find.
	But every time I find a new friend,
	They get up, walk off, and leave me behind.

	I hope that someday my life will change,
	And that people will actually love me.
	For you see, I am a lonely person
	And I wish to be set free.

	Free from all the heartbreak and rejetion.
	Free from all of this pain.
	I wish that someone would be my true friend
	So my tears can quit falling like rain.



				Susan D.