Pain

I have a friend,
He is not well.
I want to help him,
But I don't know how.
His pain is strong,
And Emotions too.
But it rubs off on others,
This hurts him more.
To see him cry,
Makes me cry too.
Because he is my friend,
I care for you.
I want to help,
But how?
This feeling of helplessness,
It's not good.
But to know how you're feeling,
It's too much.
I will always help you,
Because I am your friend.
But could you please help me,
To take away the pain.

Okay so I know this doesn't rhyme or anything but my friend is suffering depression. Something I learnt recently and it hurt so much to see him when he is so bad. I had never een I a situation like it but it made me realize how little I knew how to help. What do you do ? How can you help ?