AROUND THE CORNER

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end.
Yet days go by and weeks rush on,

And before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend's face;

He knows I like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine, we were younger then
and now we are busy, tired men.
Tired with playing a foolish game
Tired with trying to make a name.
Tomorrow, I say , "I will call on Jim.
But tomorrow comes---- and tomorrow goes;
And the distance between us grows and grows,
Around the corner!-- yet miles away.....
"Here's a telegram, sir,
Jim died today".
And that's what we get---- and deserve in the end--
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Author Unknown

I was going through some old things and found this which brought tears to my eyes,
as the person that gave this to me, is no longer alive.
A person that was one of my very best friends.