for true friends can survive anything
Communication comes in next
for without it things go wrong
Patience has a place here also
time must be spent in quiet to learn
about each other
Openness follows close behind
so we don't keep things from each other
and with that comes Understanding
so we can agree to disagree
not far behind comes Compromise
and with that comes Acceptance
of what that person is and wants to become
which leads us to Encouragement
so that we can grow together and not apart
and the basic building block for this
is Commonness which leads to Friendship.