I Don't Want You to Think that You Must Do

Music: Gouttes.
By Hicham Chahidi.
Performed by Hicham Chahidi and Symphony Royalty Free Music at Free Music Archive
under a Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license.

I don't want you to think that you must do
Anything for me you don't want to.
Friendship should not ever be a burden,
But should instead through sharing one's load lighten.

Please don't think you know my expectations
And then interpret them as obligations,
But do whatever brings you joy and grace,
And I will join you in that sunny space.

And when I share my sadness and my pain,
Feel blessed to know that you can do the same.
For friendship is a gift that in the giving
Gives beauty to one's daily acts of living;

Gives music to the moment, and gives dance
To all who would through love find choice in chance,
And in a friend the good that friendship grants.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

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