"My Golden Friends"

A heart of gold will never rustIt is too precious and too fineThose who know it think it to beSweeter than the sweetest wine.
More valuable than any treasureShining brighter than anything knownIt's love is stronger than any weaponThose who know it are never alone.
Nothing else like it on this earthHearts of brass and silver cannot compareTo the beauty and warmth it offers each dayAnd with it my soul shall never be bare.

-Ellen Strauss