A Friendship Like Ours

Everybody’s heart craves something to beat for

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Some people long for gold to weigh down their wallet

Notes to press into their palms like knives

Numbers to multiply like daisies in bank accounts

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Some people search for spotlights

And the attention that comes with them

Microphones and autographs

And strangers knowing their name

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Some people seek adrenaline

Roller coasters and cliff jumping

Anything that makes their blood

Pump like raging rivers

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Most people crave a cliche

A four letter word repeated so often

It’s almost lost it’s value

Hands holding, lips locking, hearts racing

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I wanted something

Rarer than all of that:

Friendship.

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And I found it

In you

After searching and searching

And sinking further into

My doubt and pessimism

I found you

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You were lost in a book

Sitting between library shelves

And I saw myself in

The way you hid from the world

So I asked to hide with you

And next thing I knew

We were spilling secrets

In the dark of a camping trailer

Miles away from everyone else

And finding comfort in

The spa on the roof of

A hotel escape

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We hid together and

We faced the world together

Side by side and back to back

I drew your sword

You held my shield

We stole every spare second of time

And swore we’d spend it laughing

And we did

Sore stomachs and teary eyes

And minutes flying by like comets

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You were the kind of person

Who rubbed people’s backs

When you hugged

Stroking reassurance into

The uneasiness beneath their skin

I craved your presence

Every time fear stole my breath

Because you were the one

Who could always bring it back

You were my paper bag

My ventolin, my deep breaths

After surfacing from a stormy sea

You were my safety

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Together

We ate endless pizzas

Shared infinite stories

And healed countless wounds

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Together

We caught shooting stars

In the palms of our hands

Swallowed lightning like

It was courage and

Swam through space

As if it were a river

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Together we discovered magic

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I scoured the whole universe

For the kind of friendship

That would save me

And I found it in you

It was the type of friendship

I thought would never end

Until it did

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