I was always there for you, through times both good and bad,
You could count on me to comfort you, whenever you were sad,
I'd be a friend or enemy, depending on the game,
But it didn't really matter, I would love you just the same.
The fun we had! The lessons learned! All that we did and said!
At the end of every single day I'd be waiting by your bed,
To stay with you all through the night, until the light of day -
But I knew, like all in our short lives, one day you'd go away.
Time passes by as always, and most friends will come and go,
But someday you might remember me, and that I still love you so,
It doesn't matter I'm alone, and that you have long since gone,
You've grown up and have a family; you have daughters of your own.
Maybe soon you'll have a reason to come walking through the door,
And see me there - forgotten, old and dusty on the floor,
In this room of happy memories from a childhood long since past,
You'll pick me up and hold me, and remember me at last.
Then while holding me you'll pause a while, and let it come back to you,
When you were young, and I was just the best friend that you knew,
And memories that all children keep will in your heart resound,
That we should take life as it comes to us; but take love whenever found.