True friend offer gum
not cigarettes.

True friend offer soda
not booz.

True friend offer food
not drugs.

True friend helps you
turn the other cheek.

True friend helps you walk
away, not to fight.

True friend offers helping
hand.

True friend gives one
enouragement, not resentment

True friend is always there.

Shashidhar Kumar

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/true-friend-17/