To My Eternal Friends

Dear friends who I have kept to my heart
Whom I have poured prayers over
And whom I have thought thoughts for
Don't forget this Tree like friend.

When you're full of sorrows and wear, lean on me
When you're pressed for time, take mine
When you're losing your mind
I will lose mine with you

But woe is the word for me.
That when I reach out with a handful of sadness,
All I get in return are burdened feelings and regret

There is nothing for me

And then I remember that
these are not hands but twigs
I am only a tree.

But dear friends, don't forget about me.