Marci Folkersen

I love you and I thank you
for every single day
you have shared with me your friendship
that I hope lasts beyond the grave

I love you and I thank you
will always come to mind
for saying "yes" when you were called
a better counselor would come hard to find

I love you and I thank you
for every single time
I have felt the spirit touch me
through uttered prayers & thoughts sublime

I love you and I thank you
are etched deep within my heart
for your endless love and service
I have both witnessed and felt apart

I love you and I thank you
are more than words to me
they reflect the feelings in my heart
of one most precious and dear to me

Jerry Grubbs

I only needed close my eyes
and I could travel back in time
to a past I locked inside my heart
where the memories stay fresh in my mind

I only needed touch her hand
and in my mind the world stood still
where stable boys could marry queens
and dreams never die unfulfilled

I only needed our eyes meet
though no words spoken, I would know
her love, like mine, had never dimmed
but from a distance had thrived and grown

I only needed touch the ring
to be reminded once again
of the treasured gift I'd always keep
an outward symbol of ties deep within

I only needed ocean waves
and time to heal my broken heart
I knew that I'd find love again
though none would take her place in my heart

Reba

I felt like I was someone else
like I'd put on another's shoes
and stepped into a nightmare
that left me tossed about and bruised

Some days felt like a living Hell
the longest days and nights I've known
the cards and calls and emails helped
yet I still felt scared and all alone

I felt like I had no control
no voice in my tomorrows
no energy to block the pain
from all the bitterness and sorrow

I felt like I had lost my faith
yet I held tight to God above
and plead for Him to "take this cup"
and wrap me in His arms with love

Jerry Grubbs

I love you and I thank you
for every single day
you have shared with me your friendship
that I hope lasts beyond the grave

I love you and I thank you
for every chance I get
to peek inside your heart and mind
and come to know you better yet

I love you and I thank you
for every chance that's mine
to learn and grow without the pain
from your choices... now refined

I love you and I thank you
are more than words to me
they reflect the feelings in my heart
of a good man, from where I see

Megan Hansen

How I wish I could have seen
the outcome of that day
and known the loss that it would mean
... the price that I would pay

How I wish I could have shared
what my silence didn't say
and kept us both from being hurt
and not let pride get in the way

How I wish that I had been
a little more forgiving
and trusting of a friendship
that meant as much to me as living

How I wish that I had seen
the outcome of that day
and could take back the silence
that has forever changed today

Marci Folkersen

I've felt alone and full of anger
and some resentment too, I fear
but I'm amazed at what two years have taught me
what I've let go of and now hold dear

I've fallen on my knees each day
and plead for peace and understanding
He's given more than I dared hope
I've grown in faith and patience lasting

I've found out just how quick life changes
how truly precious time should be
and how much one's life impacts another's
and of the endless love He offers me

I've wished for one more conversation
just one more smile or fond embrace
and to be assured that she is happy
and feels our love, where ere the place

I've closed my eyes so many times
and seen her face so very clear
and heard her laughter in my mind
and felt her presence oh so near

Sarah Folkersen

Twas the morning of Christmas
in two thousand four
with presents all opened
and longing for more

One last gift unopened
left under the tree
a gift we give humbly
to the whole family

This gift has a value
no other can match
we hope the true meaning
your hearts will attach

We give it in honor
for the work she has done
her earning, your yearning
the Young Women's Medallion

Now there may be a leper
whose bandage is missing
but so many an African face
that is glistening

The Lord doesn't measure
our success from a book,
but rather turns inward
to our hearts He will look

Sarah's heart was as pure
in her love for mankind
as any who follow Him
heart, might and mind

So this gift we give you
with much joy and pleasure
a gift for you all
meant to honor and treasure

Megan Hansen

It's funny how two people
can instantly be friends
and yet if asked, neither knows
just how did it begin?

It's odd to think that those you love
might also love you back
and even see the good things
that in ourselves we think we lack

I thought you were so awesome
each time you stood to share
the feelings deep within your heart
of our Saviors love and care

Each time you left me humbled
so in awe, and more impressed
there were no others like you
you stood out from all the rest

It's like I've always known you
we must have been friends long ago
who vowed to bless and help each other
on our journey here below

I've found such joy just being friends
you've taught me oh so much
I've learned what makes one beautiful
from your love, your words, your touch

I hope we're friends forever
no matter the time or the place
the kind you know you can count on
to forgive, your mistakes they erase

I've learned that trust has many levels
just like there's different kinds of love
each one requires you take more risk
then leave it in His hands above

It didn't matter what your age was
you're my best friend is all I know
the one I choose to share with
be it thoughts or tears that flow

It's impossible to try and form the words
that match the feelings in my heart
and express just what you mean to me
or how much I'll miss you when we're apart

I'll miss your quiet inner strength
your faith, that goes beyond your years
your smiles that lift me when I'm down
and give me hope to conquer fears

It's hard to smile and say good-bye
and be the one who's left behind
cause we've shared a friendship that is very rare
a more precious gift comes hard to find

Jerry Grubbs

As I often think about you
a certain sadness fills my mind
for I've known the best of teachers
who is good and wise and kind

As I often think about you
I'm thankful every single day
I had the chance to love and serve you
you've touched my life in countless ways

As I often think about you
I try to smile through the tears
and recall your words and feel the hugs
that have calmed and silenced fears

As I often think about you
I wonder why I've been so blessed
that you would care enough about me
to encourage change in me that's best

As I often think about you
I see a debt that can't be paid
more than just love you gave yourself
there's no greater gift you could have made

As I often think about you
the tears just start to flow
for a man much like the Savior
I've grown to love and come to know

Kirk Walker

They said he probably wouldn't make it
much past through the night
but with prayers and priesthood blessings
we all felt things would be alright

It gave us time to spend together
as a family for awhile
and watch with wonder in our eyes
to see him laugh and joke and smile

Then our hopes and dreams all vanished
as quickly as they came
and it only took one instance
to realize life would never be the same

And as my thoughts are turned towards him
there's so much emptiness inside
and there's pain and sometimes anger
and I can't help but still ask "why?"

But I've learned some lessons through it all
and found some answers even too
and though I know I can't replace him
I'm going to try and fill his shoes

He'll always be right here inside me
his love stands out above the rest
I want to grow to be just like him
for to me, his son, he was the Best

Jerry Grubbs

Oh how I am thankful
time and time again
for all the love and friendship
to which there seems to be no end

Oh how I am grateful
time and time again
for your precious time I've taken
that I'm sure is stretched so thin

Oh how I am strengthened
time and time again
for the tears as much as for the strength
that most deny they have within

Oh how I am blessed
time and time again
with the opportunities and challenges
you've never failed my way to send

Oh how I am comforted
time and time again
for the knowledge and the wisdom
of and understanding friend

Good friends

Good friends never seem to say good-bye
cause you find them in your dreams
and in your thoughts and on your mind

Good friends sometimes never really know
what's in the heart of someone else
until they let their own heart show

Good friends sometimes only want to hold you
and to have the chance to say
that I do believe I love you

Good friends sometimes have to go away
and you've got to trust that through the miles
the friendship's going to stay

Jerry Grubbs

So many times
you've brightened my day
with smiles, those looks, the laughter
that melt my cares away

So many times
you've been by my side
your thoughts and opinions
have opened my eyes

So many times
you've answered my prayers
and even calmed
my everyday cares

So many times
your tears you've shown
I've learned to trust you
from them alone

So many times
I've felt your touch
and known without words
that you care so much

Ruth Howard

A lot of time has passed now
twenty years just yesterday
and the memories are so fresh in mind
it's like they happened just today

At times I've called her name or reached to touch her
and then remembered she was not there
sometimes my sorrow is so great
it seems it's more than I can bear

But I can still recall her laughter
and the smiles that she wore
and the happiness she brought our home
all this and much, much more

I can see why the Lord loved her
and he needed her even more
and hope that he forgives me when I think
our time together could have been a little more

I'm that much stronger of a person
that much better of a friend
and I try to live my life so that
I can see and talk with her again

Say Good-bye

Have you ever had
to say good-bye
to someone who's
always been there

Have you ever had
only awhile
to show how much
you really do care

Have you ever had
a close friend
who shared both the
praise and the shame

Have you ever had
the feeling
that things might never
be quite the same

Can you ever

Can you ever really
trust someone
once you've heard them
tell you a lie

Can you ever really
know someone
when they've never let you
see them cry

Can you ever really
love someone
and never see or
know you grew

Can you ever really
understand someone
when you've never felt
the way they do

Can you ever really
hurt someone
and not feel the pain
they feel inside

Can you ever really
change someone
and not expect that
part of them has died

Valentine

It's way lots easier
for me to say
I love you
on Valentines Day

But please don't think
or even guess
the 364 other days
that I love you any less

Do I dare

Do I dare
see what happens
if I reached
out for you

Do I dare
even hope that
it's the best thing
I could do

Do I dare
believe in you enough
to trust that
you'll be there

Do I dare
open up my heart
and show how much
I really care

I never thought

I never thought I'd see the look
that shines within your eyes
or feel your arms around me
and the warmth that in them lies

I never thought I'd hear the words
that come from down inside
or even just the simple words
that were a big enough surprise

I never thought I'd see the tears
that show you care for me
or ever wipe them from your face
or even feel the need

This is to a friend

This is to a friend in need
for you are a friend indeed
if you need me I'll be there

If you ever need to cry
need to laugh for ask me why
just turn and I'll be there

If you ever need to scream
share a hope or just a dream
just turn and I'll be there

If you ever need to talk
need a smile or take a walk
just turn and I'll be there

And if I ever need the same
I will call a friendly name
and I hope I find you there

Ki Ealey

I can't believe
we're almost one
after twenty-one years
my life's just begun

It's you and me
clear till the end
and then we'll have
eternity to spend

So let's start now
to grow together
and help our love
last now and forever

Ruth Howard

Please look
I want you to see
this special feeling
inside of me

Please listen
I want you to know
of this special lady
that's helped me to grow

Please look
I want you to see
what your words
have made me to be

Please listen
I want you to know
the words and feelings
I can't begin to show

Please look
I want you to see
what your smiles and laughter
have done for me

Please listen
I want you to know
I'm going to miss you
when I have to go

Please look
I want you to see
just what your friendship
has meant to me

Thank you

Thank you for the laughter
Thank you for the tears
it's made our time more special
all through the years

Thank you for the good times
Thank you for the bad
it's times like both of these
that I'm glad we've had

Thank you for your silence
Thank you for your listening ear
life seems so much easier when
friends help erase the fear

Thank you for the comfort
Thank you for the pain
if we didn't know both of these
there'd be nothing lost nor gained

Thank you for the trust
Thank you for the doubt
learning to trust someone is
what friendship's all about

What can I say

What can I say
to let you know
just how much I
love you so

How can I make
up all the times
I know I've hurt
you so

Why can't I learn
to trust you
with the things
most important to me

Why can't I let
you love me when
that's the way
I'd like it to be

How come we make
it seem so hard
and wrong
to touch someone

Why can't we just give
someone a hug
without feeling it's
a threatened love

How come we've
let other people
make us think we
really are strange

Why don't we just
open up, and go
with our hearts
for a change

I guess it's time

I guess it's time I told you
just how much I really care
and maybe even let you have
some of the love I'd like to share

I've loved you for a long time
but I never really knew
if you would want to love me back
or if you'd feel the way I do

I watched you love another
and then get torn apart inside
that's when my thoughts of loving you
just altogether up and died

I know you're scared because of the past
that's not hard to understand
I will help you if you want
just reach out and take my hand

I've dremt of holding you so close
while we shed a tear or two
and I am going to really work
to help that dream come true

I think you're someone special
and I've felt it for sometime
and I think I'm going to love you
for a long, long time

Mission

Say good-bye to your
family and friends
they make it sound
like your life's going to end

Give up your schooling
your fun and your love
take time from your life
to serve God above

Eighteen months really
isn't so long
If things have changed
then they're better off gone

You never will get
this same chance again
It's all up to you
you can lose or win

Journal

These things are written
to keep in my mind
times of laughter and heartache
that come hard to find

These things are written
to let others know
what's really inside
when I feel down and low

These things that are written
come from deep inside
It's what I really think
but most times hide

These things I write
are from my heart
the memories here and with me
are not far apart

For DOM

I wish I took
the time to say
the things I'll write
in this poem today

You are so very
dear to me
You're all the things
that I hope to be

A mother who
is always there
showing your love
showing you care

I want you to know
these words are true
though rarely spoke
I do love you

Ki Ealey

Is it too late
to begin again
living a love
that never ends

Would it be right
to take me back
or should we
just stay friends

Should I forget
what you once meant
and pretend that
there's nothing there

Do you remember
the way you felt
or do you even
really care?

Ki Ealey

I think I'll
always love you
in my heart
and in my mind

I think I'll
always want you
now, and for
all time

I think I'll
always love you
in a way
I just can't hide

I think I'll
always need you
right here
by my side

Ki Ealey

What if I said
I loved you
Is that
okay

What if I said
I loved you
and needed
you today

Would you run away
and not look back
like I did
awhile ago

Or would you
open up your arms
and give our love
a chance to grow

He's back

He's back
and now he's stronger
because he's been here
once before

He knows my every
weakest point
and still he knows
much more

He knows when
I am down
and feeling sad
and full of anger

He knows when he can
tempt me most
and lead me
into danger

He knows it only
takes one time
then he needn't
worry any longer

He knows his strength
but I know mine
in the end we'll
see who's stronger

Shauna Kay

We've been friends
forever it seems
shared our hopes
and shared our dreams

We've even had
our share of fights
times when neither
thought the other was right

But things worked out
like they sometimes do
and gave us a chance
for me and you

Now, forever goes
by too fast
and I'm beginning to see
that time doesn't last

Dent Hendrix

She acts like
nothing happened
but something did

Deep down she knows
and wishes, that's
how they could live

That makes me sick
and so does she
why can't she just forget?

Enoughs been ruined
by her love, and
still she's not through yet

Its funny how we

It's funny how we see things
different day to day
and even start to understand
the things that people say

It's funny how we think that
people want to run our life
when only they would like to help
us live with little strife

It's funny how their care
can turn to more concern
especially when we think that we
know more than we can learn

It's funny how all at once
we find that they were right
and wish that time could be erased
to live it through new light

Dent Hendrix

Why don't your good-byes
mean forever
can't you see that
it would be better

You want so much
that she can't give
your way of life
would destroy her to live

You spent some time
with her alone
and in that time
she'd thought you'd grown

You hurt her more
by living a lie
then if you'd walked out
and hadn't of tried

The rest of your life
is up to you
but don't ruin hers
while you ruin yours too

Trust

How far can one be trusted?
as far as one can throw
how much should you tell someone
no one really knows

But once you do and it's too late
to stop and turn around
just look a little deeper
and hope a friend you've found

Some people can be trusted
like you never known before
It's just a chance we all should take
and some take many more

Cathy Jarvis

What made you even notice me
with all those other people around?
What made you stop those Sunday nights
when you could have buzzed through town

Most times you really shocked me
and drove me crazy even too
but I would never trade the time
I've shared and spent with you

I only wish for more times
that we could be together
and let our friendship grow so that
it could be just that much better

Is it love

Is it love that makes us feel
the way we think we do?
Or did our imagination
take hold of me and you?

Were we friends or just two people
who needed someone there?
No matter what the reason
each needed the other to care

We wound up being best friends
who never wanted things to change
If only things could be that way
there wouldn't be all this pain

But pain's alright is you care
and are willing to pay the price
If not don't ever have a friend
there's too much disappointment and sacrifice

Shauna Kay

A friend is someone
who will always love
no matter what you
have said or done

A friend is someone
who will stick close by
when trouble comes they
won't turn and run

A friend is someone
who lets you be you
your faults they
try to ignore

A friend is someone
who wants to listen
your heart to them
you can pour

A friend is someone
who feels your pain
and would like
to take it away

A friend is someone
who will be the same
tomorrow,
just like today

A friend is someone
who will step aside
and let you decide
on your own

A friend is someone
who is always near
there's no reason
to walk alone

Shauna Kay

Should I question the reason we are friends
or should I just be glad we are?
So many times I really wonder
how we've even come this far

I felt like closing out the world
to have you for my own
but never in my life since then
have I felt so all alone

I'd forgive you when you hurt me
and for all the hate you've built inside
so I guess I ask myself one question
Is friendship more important than my pride?

Clara Munk

I tried to hate you
but something seemed to stop me
I tried to love you
but you never make it very easy
I tried to forget you
but not even you will take those memories from me
I tried to understand you
but contradiction doesn't make much sense
I tried to still be your friend
but you only spit back in my face
I tried to even talk to you
but your denying words cause too much pain
I tried to see your side
but you've got walls I can't get through
I tried... what more can I do?

Shauna Kay

Some nights I lay here thinking
of our friendship long ago
and wonder what it would be like
if we had never shared that low

Some days I really love you
and would give all that I own
to have our friendship last forever
and to not grow old and tired alone

Sometimes I see you crying
and I want that pain to go away
more times than not I feel so helpless
because I don't know what to do or say

Somehow we will make it
and leave this pain and mess behind
with a little time, I am sure
we'll find happiness and peace of mind

Did we both betray

Did we both betray our friendship
thinking one would never know
would it have been the wisest thing
for me to just let go

You should have never let me see
the side of you I love
for only memories I can take
back home with me above

But I would die to have you there
just to know I would see you again
If I could be sure you'd take my place
I would gladly bring my life to an end

Your time away

Your time away
has changed a lot
reasons and answers
I truly have sought

I knew that things
would change someday
but losing a friend
is a high price to pay

Maybe I wanted
too much from you
and couldn't see
that you wanted things too

Our friendship
I didn't want to share
for a friendship like ours
is very rare

But things have changed
that I can see
you have other friends now
that I can't be

That hurts a lot
more than you'll know
and I can't explain
or begin to show

My love for you
will always stay
and I hope someday
that hurt goes away

The Krystal Promise

Their prayers were answered, she came from above
a special spirit to care for and love
she brought to this family and friends so dear
happiness and peace when she was near

They called her angel and she was indeed
she could comfort and satisfy everyone's needs
her time on earth would not last long
for she was called home where she belongs

Her lasting impression will never end
but her families loss will take time to mend
now they must earn the right to see
and live with Krystal through eternity

Missing piece

A puzzle with a missing piece
my search at last had come to a cease
I shoved you in the empty place
just for want to fill up space

You were here and so was I
but you didn't fit and I couldn't see why
I shoved you in too easy I guess
and now our friendship causes pain and stress

I thank you for all the time we shared
I blame you for letting me see you cared
your space will be extra hard to fill
but I don't think someone can or ever will

Why are others

Why are others feelings
so hard to understand
what's wrong with letting someone know
your heart lies in their hands

I thought there were a lot of things
that needed to be known
and in the time you didn't know
I felt I was alone

I was scared to let you know
the way I really feel
but it was something I had to do
for my feelings were more than real

I wish somehow I could ease your pain
and help you dry the tears
and then together we could fight
to overcome my fears

Seeing you again

Seeing you again today
made my heart split in different ways
I never wanted to see you again
I didn't care if your life came to an end

But then, by surprise, you came to me
and my other true feelings I started to see
I wanted to be as near as I could
your smile and your touch made me feel good

Why do you always mix my feelings around
and change my course for which I am bound
why do you like to play with my heart
mend it together and then tear it apart?

How much longer must I hang on
before too long you'll really be gone
It's hard enough now while you're still here
to lose you forever would bring forth the tears

Blessing

A blessing seemed
so very scary
but that feeling
I know can bury

It made me feel
so good inside
like all my fears
for now had died

They always seemed
not far away
and yet they seemed
farther today

You laid your hands
upon my head
and through the Lord
those words you said

It meant a lot
for you to share
His thoughts and feelings
in my care

Honesty

Honesty is something you never outgrow
for in your heart you'll always know
one little lie can eat you alive
an eternal destiny you could be deprived
I've found the truth is always best
for then ones mind can truly rest
things seem to always work out right
especially if the choice I don't fight
I know I'll never understand
the other people in this land
who think they get away with lies
but really are not very wise
For in the end they'll know at last
it's you against you your stone you'll cast

I wanted to write

I wanted to write
a poem to you
because it's easier to write
than say or do

I wish that we
could spend everyday
and then you would see
what I can't seem to say

It's hard to fight
what you feel inside
and I can't say as how
I want it to hide

I'm scared as to what
the outcome could be
and yet in the long run
it could set me free

I've felt this way
forever it seems
you pop in and out
of my everyday dreams

I want it to stop
because it isn't right
but like I said before
feelings are hard to fight

I can't let him win
whether I'd like to or not
for there are far too many battles
that I've already fought

How can one sit

How can one sit and think so fast
of things to put in writing
especially things I want to last
when all my thoughts are hiding

I look around and see the same
so now I'm not alone
the feeling has escaped and came
but still I sit as stone

I feel the numbness all go out
the rush of blood so cold
my feelings start to fly about
and a poem I start to mold

Dent Hendrix

I didn't want to face the fact
that what I heard was true
it hurt so much because I thought
you were one I really knew

We talked it out and for awhile
I thought of what I'd learned
it didn't really matter that much
as for our friendship I wasn't concerned

I know that how she lives her life
is nothing but a sin
but I'm not perfect by any means
so why should I condemn

She may have her faults
but she's as neat as others I know
and as long as she trusts me just the same
to her friendship I'll never say no

Ki Ealey

Please set me free
because serious I don't want to get
don't say you love me
don't tie me down just yet

I wanted to know how it felt to be loved
and you showed me that and more
and now I pray to heaven above
my heart, to Him, I pour

I think we need to cool things down
not completely, but still a bit
I do not want the Lord to frown
or to start new bad habits

Bro. Sutorius

I remember the first day we met
I didn't want you here just yet
I wasn't over needing Beau
but somehow you helped me let go

You were there without a second thought
though our friendship from the first day I fought
slowly I saw that you cared
and my feelings I started to share

I found that you too just like Beau
were neat and special to know
together we've laughed and we've talked
and in my heart those memories are locked

I'm glad that you cared that first day
and have helped me on my way
I'm glad I was able to see
how great a good friend can be

Sometimes I feel I

Sometimes I feel I need you more
than I ever thought I would
and sometimes just the thought of you
does my heart a world of good

I thought that friendship meant a lot
but then I looked at you
and friendship seemed to disappear
compared to feelings that were new

I don't know if they're here to stay
or if it's just a passing thing
but they're here for now and I am scared
of the thoughts and dreams it brings

Bro Sutorius

God sent this little baby boy
to your wife and you alone
In hopes that you will teach and help
him find his way back home
He'll make it there and make you proud
along with but a few
Especially if he grows to be
as special as you two

Clara Munk

I found a friend I never had
for he liked me and I was glad
then I learned I too liked him
and we were friends from then to sin

I felt so dirty and so I prayed
and then I thought the sin would fade
but it kept coming, and so did he
and then again together we'd be

Until one night I said, "no more"

I felt I did the thing that was right
he tried to persuade me with all his might
but I stuck to my standards - new ones that is
ones that were different and changed from his

Its now been awhile, I'd hoped he'd forgot
but how can one forget all the trouble I bought
I felt so guilty, so helpless, so alone
then I though of the Bishop and picked up the phone

Things still aren't so good, but I'm handling them great
often I wonder and sometimes debate
should I take a chance and tell someone
and danger a friendship to end and be done

She took that chance, then came the test
and if I passed I could handle the rest
it was hard at first cause it blew my mind
but real understanding I soon came to find

It brought us a little closer
at least more so than we were
but things still weren't easy, I found at last
for she didn't believe I could forget the past

But things started to change
it was neat, but it was strange
cause she started to believe me
and so much I started to see

I'd found the friend I've never had
to think if I'd failed made me feel sad
she taught me to laugh, to talk, to cry
the reason being I don't know why

We've been through a lot
and those memories I've still got
I'll keep them always and forever
for no one's been more special, never

The time is coming soon to go different ways
I've been dreading this time for days and days
this feeling inside leaves me empty and alone
for I must say good-bye to the first person I've really known

Wise Choices

I need some space
to think out loud
and time to talk
with my head bowed

And there I'll find
I don't know when
the answers
to my questions then

Along the way
some friends I'll choose
the good ones
I hope to never lose

Cause there'll be times
I know I'll fail
and they'll help guide me
off that trail

Bro. Sutorius

I have a friend that never failed
to aid me in my need
and life I thought was over
the day he had to leave

But life went on I soon found out
and left me far behind
for I was living in the past
not in the present time

And time soon came for another one
but not without a test
for there are things you have to prove
to put ones mind to rest

He proved them all and then some
to him, my heart was glad
he filled my soul and kept me
from all the emptiness I'd had

Athletics let you

Athletics let you come to find
the friends you wouldn't know
and better like the things you see
by letting yourself go

You experience things you just can't dream
you're filled with ups and downs
and reaching for the stars is in
no time to mess around

Striving to learn something new
even if a little trick
the thrill of making someone proud
can make your blood run thick

The rewards are far much greater
especially those that are not seen
improvements in and about oneself
are enjoyed while just a teen

I tell ya I love ya

I tell ya I love ya
and yet it doesn't sink in
tears from my heart
flood my eyes
the pain to deep to ease
what must be done
before you believe
please let me know, please
I'll do it, whatever
till the day I die
if only you will believe

How did you know

How did you know I needed you?
I thought my heart has died
old friends were getting far and few
but you were by my side

You laughed and cried along with me
I started to love again
but there was something we couldn't see
someone was closing in

She almost succeeded, but we hung on
together we fought right back
intentions and promises it seemed were gone
but our friendship we didn't lack

A lot of time has come and passed
and none for even a walk
still in my heart I know at last
we'll have an eternity to talk

Sometimes you just

Sometimes you just can't help
the feelings that rise inside
and even though they really hurt
they're there for quite sometime

I think it's time I let her in
but I really don't know why
love fights through pride I've found that out
and maybe that's the reason why

I love her now, that's for sure
even more than before
how that's possible I've come to know
because I've been on the other side

I really do care

I really do care
Why won't you let me be there?
If I can help, please let me
We do have trust do we?

You're here for now, not always
And the time that's left is days
Believe it or not I need you
And I really don't mind if I do

So why are things different in your eyes?
We need this time before our good-byes
I'll be here now and when you return
And maybe by then we both can learn

That friendship means someone's always there
No matter the time or anywhere
Just learn to lean, it's not a sin
And to some like me that's where friendship begins

I wondered when

I wondered when the time would come
when both, not one would see
that friendship means to work as one
and not just doing things for me

I wish that I could tell you
the thoughts inside my heart
but pain and hurt and anguish
seem to stop me before I can start

We never talk, we never laugh
it seems like life stands still
but days and hours and weeks go by
and the emptiness I can't seem to fill

I think that time will heal the wound
if not, than another way
but no more blaming it all on you
for we change from day to day

Melanie Yates

I once met a girl who could reign
and to me that seemed quite strange
for I never before met a soul
who set and accomplished her goals

Now this person was something to see
for she found her soul was free
yet still she believed and was true
to the church and the gospel she knew

Each day was a new test to pass
each tougher and harder than the last
but with faith and help on her side
it was easy for her to decide

With her undeniable love for the gospel
friends she would help all possible
to know how it feels to do right
and to pray so that things might

To this day she is still going strong
with a few little doings of wrong
but I know that this soul will be there
in that high exalted place somewhere