being there for someone

is not only about buying a gift or listening over the phone...

its listening when you are tired
buying milk when you have no time
getting up before them but sleeping after them
knowing you upset them even though you did not mean to
(but consoling them anyway)

being there means being able to be patient
being kind and tolerant to something you dont fully understand

smiling at mistakes which you made...
and at those you didn't make...
stopping at hurtful thoughts and replacing them
with kindness..

being forbearant when they are tired...
being the hand that can brush their brow
the shoulder that can lend some rest
and the silence that can give them peace..

being there means loving someone..
even when your energies are spent,
hands weary or fingers scratched..

One year and few months now..
I think Im doing allright...
in being there for someone. :-)