Friendship
Oh, the comfort..the inexpressible
comfort of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thought
Nor measure words..but pouring them
All right out..just as they are..
Chaff and grain together..
Certain that a faithful hand will
Take and sift them..
Keep what is worth keeping..
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away.
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
