"A true friendship has old strength."

A true friendship has old strength. The bond between two friends is forged, not swiftly, but over an age.

The invisible binding between two friends cannot be touched, or seen, yet it touches and is obvious.

Some friendships, not true friendships, are made and unmade.

Nevertheless, a true friendship is bound by an unbreakable chain.

This emotional chain can be beaten and battered but will not yield or fail.

Though hammer blows of thoughtless and selfish acts will dent and scratch and mark and scrape, they will not break it.

A true friendship survives. Though the sheen and shine and fresh paint of recent memories and shared enjoyment will crack and peel and scratch and flake, the deep, thick, iron will remain.

The old strength will remain, long, long after the forgers have since passed on.