Waseem
A friendly word in the night
Helps make the dark go away.
Sweet, tender and softly-spoken
He seems to know just what to say.
My days now both start and end
With words from a far-away friend.
Our ways are different
Our paths will never cross.
But I know in my heart
The day we part will be a loss.
Pictures of far away places,
a handsome, brown-eyed man,
and of the people dear to him,
visions of his native land Pakistan,
catch my eye as they fill my screen,
with wonder and beauty rarely seen.
Our lives are different:
He is young, I am old.
But through the years and miles
Our stories have been told.
Waseem is a dear young stranger
Who has found his way to m