in you i have a friend.  you have never wronged me.  you have never turned your back.  you have never betrayed me.

i think the word "friend" gets thrown around at least as much as the words "love" and "hate". 

you are my friend.  you would defend me against injustice and do it eloquently, to boot. 

you will untangle my fishing line from the weeds, restring it, rebait it, help me cast it out again.  you will sit with me in the sunshine with a bottle of beer, each, and know that we don't have to talk about anything at all. 

i have called people "friend" who were not deserving of the title.  you are.