Best Friend

I've been thinking a lot lately about all the people who have made a difference in my life. Not everyone can fit into one of these descriptions, but most of them can. I've had so many touch my life for the better, and can truly call them Best Friends, this poem is for all of them.

Best Friend

You’ve always been the one
To cheer me on each day
When I came home crying
You were the one that held me tight
When everyone else I called a friend
Turned away
You were always there
You’ve always been the one
To see me at my worst
Days when I was insanely crazy
Days of anger and pain
Or being grumpy and hard to live with
But you love me anyway
Always there

In our younger days
We spent endless hours together
Lasting over time
Our friendship seems to wind down
As years passed by
But days still come when we’ll chat
And it seems like time stands still
Because you listen to my problems
As much as you ever did
Give advice
Make me laugh when I feel like crying
Talk for hours
Just like before
Still there

When everything else went wrong
And no one else was there
I’d lean on you
And you’d lean on me
You would keep me running
Laughing on my feet
So hard I could barely breathe
Or maybe just lay
In the sun
By piles of leaves
With the smell of grass
Surrounding our little patch
Now I wish you were
Still here

I lived in fear
Of whether we would get along
And then came days of laughter
Bursting into our attempts to sleep
Inside jokes that still make sense
To our minds only
Smiles at something
Nobody else gets
Because we think the same way
Enough memories to last a lifetime
Made in eight simple months
Time passing without a difference
In how you listen
Always there

I’d tag along behind you
Year after year
At times an unwanted shadow
But when I needed someone
To make me smile
To give me hug
Or understand my strange moments
You’d hug me close
Frustrations and joys
Shared over dilly bars
And Endless laughing fits
Years bring change
But when needed you are
Still there

I didn’t understand for years
Just what I had in you
But one day things changed
From fun and games to more
To hours of conversation
Of listening, of advice
Amidst the laughter
Memories both wild and sweet
Forever in my heart
Formed over the years
Through our bond
Forged in bonds of love
I’m grateful you will be
Always there

Sometimes I ignore
Your calls
Too busy with other friends
And pastimes
To heed your messages of love
Of guidance, or advice
Of everything I need
And take for granted
All you offer to me, and for me
Yet you never leave me
Your patience outlasts my pride
As every day
You whisper, “I am
Always here”