My Closest Friend

I place my hope in you,

For you alone are Lord

There could never be another,

I could ever love more

There’s no one that comes closer

To you in my life,

For you are my closest friend,

In whom I can confide

And share my deepest longings,

My hurts and my fears,

Knowing you will understand

And wipe away my tears

Knowing I can come to you,

Morning, noon and night,

You will never turn me away,

But give ear to my plight

And you will not condemn me

Nor judge what I say,

For you are full of constant love

And listen when I pray

Your love was such that you died,

My soul, you came to save

From certain eternal misery

Awaiting beyond the grave

But now, in you, I can be sure

Of eternity with you,

Freed from pain and misery

With eternal joy too.

© By M.S.Lowndes