They are a lifeboat in a stormy sea,
a nice chat and a cup of tea.
They help me put the world to rights,
they're a blanket on a cold winters night
They are sanity in the madness,
they throw a different perspective on sadness.
I hope in me they see,
the same that they are to me.
Misty Talbot
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/friends-what-they-are-to-me/