Dedicated to a friend so dear

Dear friend,
How can a heart resist -
if every nerve insists ...?
how can i refuse to admit -
that i like you, much more than a bit ...?
How can any eye stop searching -
if it's for something so pleasing ...?
how can any lip stop returning -
those smiles given so generously, without the asking ...?
How can i stop another's heart -
from getting hurt?
how can i tell another to be on the alert -
when, to my own heart, i'm not curt?
But, how can i bear to end -
the love i have for a friend?
how can i turn my head away -
from the gallant hero of today?
So, come what come may -
our friendship is here to stay:
sweet moments, for a week, we'll share -
then to depart, each to each's own cares ...