How do you know if you love someone ?  

How can you tell what is realy
Maybe it's just an extreme case of like.
Instead of true love that you feel.
It goes without saying that you like them first,
But after a number of days you find that,
The list of the things that you like has branched off,
In so many ways.
You give up on the list for it just grew too big.
This might be the point where you start.
Perhaps it is love when the like list expands,
To fill all the holes in your heart.
If you find that your joy is complete just to talk to them,
And your heart leaps when you see their car.
If you think you're in love,
When the sound of their voice makes you smile,
Then you probably are.   

Paint Brush

I keep my paint brush with me
Wherever I may go
In case i need to cover up
So the real me don't show
I'm so afraid to show you me
afraid of what you'll do-that
might laugh or say mean things
I'm afraid I might lose you.
I'd like to remove all my paintcoats
To show you the real true me,
But I want you too understand
I need to you to accept what you see
So if you'll be paitient and close your eyes
I'll strip off all my coats real slow
please understand how much it hurts
to let the real me show.
Now my coats are all stripped off
I feel naked, bare and cold
And if you still love me with all you see
You are my true friend, pure as gold
I need to have my paint brush though,
and keep it in my hand
I want to keep it handy
In case somebody doesn't understand
So please protect me, my dear friend
and thanks for loving me true
But please let me keep my paint brush with me
Until I love me too....

I DON'T UNDERSTAND....

How can you see me,
the way you do?

I don't understand
I don't see it as true.

You say I am special
  Someone worth knowing.

I don't understand
I don't see it showing.

How can you see through,
my cracked and hardened shell?

I don't understand
I don't see it, from within my burning hell.

You say my soul will heal
with the touch of your love.

I don't understand
I don't see it, are you looking from above?

How can my heart
be kind and unjaded?

I don't understand
I don't see it, everything is faded.

You say I am an angel.
with lessons hard learned.

I don't understand
I don't see it, what have I earned?

How can my pain
heal with time?

I don't understand
I don't see it, I must be blind

You say my past is
but a fading memory

I don't understand
I don't see it, where is my victory?

                                 The Vows of Friendship

                                      Friends forever, she said.
                                      Friends forever, he said.
                                      Eight years old and they made the vow to remain friends forever.

                                      I need some room, she said.
                                      I'll back away, he said.
                                      Ten years old and they made the vow to give each other space.

                                      Does Tommy like me? she asked.
                                      I'll find out, he said.
                                      Twelve years old and he made the vow to find out if Tommy liked her.

                                      He doesn't love me anymore, she said.
                                      He doesn't deserve you, he said.
                                      Fourteen years old and he made the vow to love her forever.

                                     Nobody loves me, she said.
                                     I know someone who does, he said.
                                     Sixteen years old and he made the vow to love her forever.

                                     I'm getting married, she said.
                                     I'll be there, he said.
                                     Eighteen years old and he made the vow to forever hold his peace.

                                     I got divorced yesterday, she said.
                                     I'm here for you, he said.
                                     Twenty years old and he made the vow to be there for her forever.

                                     Why doesn't anyone love me? she asked.
                                      I have always loved you, he said.
                                     Twenty-two years old and he made the vow to keep on loving her.

                                     I could never love you, she said.
                                     I could never stop, he said.
                                    Twenty-four years old and he made the vow to never love again.

                                    I can never see you again, she said.
                                    I can never live again, he said.
                                    Twenty-six years old and he made the vow to never live again.

                                    I'm sorry, she said.
                                    Twenty-eight years old and he made the vow as he lay in an open casket.

WHAT IS A FRIEND?

MY ANSWER SIMPLY WAS....."YOU!"