Mary Floyd

to find a friend like you

I've searched the skies so high -
and the oceans wide and blue,
I've searched the valleys and plains -
just to find a friend like you.

I've search in majestic forests -
in canyons deep and wide,
I've searched in hidden places -
in towers that peak the sky.

I've searched the websites over -
and the quiet of the wind,
to find a friend like you -
I thought searching would never end.

But then I stopped my searching -
and just said a simple prayer,
and when I was finished praying -
my friend, you were there.

I found who I was looking for -
and my searching now is through,
all I ever really wanted -
was to have a friend like you.

Now, I've learned a lesson -
that all I really have to do,
is just look inside my heart -
to have a friend like you.

For you were always there -
and somehow I just couldn't see,
that by my side you always were -
a special friend to me.

Robert Paterson (Friend) August 31, 2009

DEAR LORD

Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:

God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
and safe from harm
For they're so close to me.

And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.

Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.

You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.

I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.

Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.

Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'.

When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to GOD.com
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Amen

Robert Paterson (Friend) August 31, 2009