To all my friends:

To all my friends in far off places, when again I'll see your faces

No one knows, no one can say and none can name that happy day.

When we embrace to greet once more and take up where we were before

The miles and time that come between and the different lives that intervene

Like shadows in a dream, I am with you.

To all of you who took me in and shared the thick and stretched the thin

Who gave me comfort on the run and saved my life and made it fun

Wherever you may be tonight I hope this finds your burdens light

Your purpose high, your spirit strong.

To all my friends in far off places

May I stay in your good graces

Hold me in your memory and when you do not hear from me please don't think that out of sight is out of mind

For though our lives may lead apart, you are always in my heart

I'll go out on this road to meet my fate to taste the bittersweet of welcome waiting somewhere down the line. (Chuck Pyle)